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.
- "Harold : THX-1134 has just sold this Eskimo 300 tons of snow."
- "Brian : The Brian Jones Corporation sells a very special product that I think you'll be very interested in."
- "Sell sell sell!"
- "Made and Sold in China?"
- "I'm a lean, mean, turbo-charged selling machine!"
- "I can sell you one, if you desire."
- "At the same time, Philip developed a talent for sales while travelling door to door with his father and selling first hot dogs, then toasters, and eventually insurance policies."
- "Stores will stop selling assault rifles and handguns to minors."
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