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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sell \Sell\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sold}; p. pr & vb n.
{Selling}.] [OE. sellen, sillen, AS sellan, syllan, to give
to deliver; akin to OS sellian OFries sella, OHG. sellen,
Icel. selja to hand over to sell Sw s["a]lja to sell Dan.
s?lge, Goth. saljan to offer a sacrifice; all from a noun
akin to E. sale. Cf {Sale}.]
1. To transfer to another for an equivalent; to give up for a
valuable consideration; to dispose of in return for
something especially for money.
If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast,
and give to the poor. --Matt. xix.
21.
I am changed; I'll go sell all my land. --Shak.
Note: Sell is corellative to buy as one party buys what the
other sells. It is distinguished usually from exchange
or barter, in which one commodity is given for another;
whereas in selling the consideration is usually money,
or its representative in current notes.
2. To make a matter of bargain and sale of to accept a price
or reward for as for a breach of duty, trust, or the
like to betray.
You would have sold your king to slaughter. --Shak.
3. To impose upon to trick; to deceive; to make a fool of
to cheat. [Slang] --Dickens.
{To sell one's life dearly}, to cause much loss to those who
take one's life, as by killing a number of one's
assailants.
{To sell} anything {out}, to dispose of it wholly or
entirely; as he had sold out his corn, or his interest in
a business.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sold \Sold\,
imp. & p. p. of {Sell}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sold \Sold\, n. [F. solde. See {Soldier}, and cf {Sou}.]
Solary; military pay [Obs.] --Spenser.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
sold
adj : disposed of to a purchaser; "this merchandise is sold" [ant:
{unsold}]
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