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4 definitions found 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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