Sell meaning in English
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Definition
to sell: to exchange something for money, the opposite of "to buy"
To sell is transitive and intransitive.
I am trying to sell my car. I am trying to exchange my car for money.
This product sold well last month. We sold a lot of this product last month.
This is an irregular verb:
I sell / I sold / I have sold
to sell (someone) on (an idea, a concept): to convince (someone) of (an idea, a concept)
That guru is very good. He sold me on the idea of giving him all my money to build a spaceship made of gold.
Examples
- "I can sell them for whatever I want!"
- "Last year, things improved, we sold a lot of perfumes and we overtook... Fiji!"
- "I just wanted to reassure you that Krazy Gidyeon (CEO of Krazy Gidyeon's Perfume Warehouse.com), in his infinite wisdom, has removed the page on his Website selling Delavigne perfumes below MSRP."
- "But of course, if you don't think you're up to the challenge of selling this exclusive product, then..."
- "Any unattended luggage in the departure lounge will be removed by the security services and sold on Free-bay."
- "Customer : Uhh, do you guys sell juice?"
- "We make money by selling perfumes, not by buying perfumes for our customers!"
- "Retailers are starting to realize that it is better to sell low than not sell at all."
- "Online record shops are more and more numerous, and auction websites that sell second-hand vinyl records are booming."
- "Sell sell sell!"
- "Yes, of course we sell juice."
- "Harold : So you must know that he's selling your perfumes at 15 to 20% off the list price!"
- "Bruno's dad : Yeah, I sold many onions."
- "These countries don't sell perfumes."
- "I could sell it to you... for 10 grand."
- "I'm a lean, mean, turbo-charged selling machine!"
- "Harold : And I've hardly sold any of them!"
- "Let me offer you a voucher for 50 dollars good wherever Delavigne products are sold."
- "A man who produced some of the most beautiful odors this planet has ever known, and even sold some of them as perfumes."
- "Sold in packs of 20."
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