Noun

• S: (n) sell (sell%1:04:00::) (the activity of persuading someone to buy) "it was a hard sell"

Verb

• S: (v) sell (sell%2:40:00::) (exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent) "He sold his house in January"; "She sells her body to survive and support her drug habit"
• verb group
• direct troponym / full troponym
• S: (v) clear (clear%2:40:09::) (sell) "We cleared a lot of the old model cars"
• S: (v) negociate (negociate%2:40:02::) (sell or discount) "negociate securities"
• S: (v) scalp (scalp%2:40:00::) (sell illegally, as on the black market)
• S: (v) bootleg (bootleg%2:40:00::) (sell illicit products such as drugs or alcohol) "They were bootlegging whiskey"
• S: (v) sell short (sell_short%2:40:00::) (sell securities or commodities or foreign currency that is not actually owned by the seller, who hopes to cover (buy back) the sold items at a lower price and thus to earn a profit)
• S: (v) remainder (remainder%2:40:00::) (sell cheaply as remainders) "The publisher remaindered the books"
• S: (v) resell (resell%2:40:00::) (sell (something) again after having bought it)
• S: (v) syndicate (syndicate%2:40:00::) (sell articles, television programs, or photos to several publications or independent broadcasting stations)
• S: (v) deaccession (deaccession%2:40:00::) (sell (art works) from a collection, especially in order to raise money for the purchase of other art works) "The museum deaccessioned several important works of this painter"
• S: (v) sell off (sell_off%2:40:00::) (get rid of by selling, usually at reduced prices) "The store sold off the surplus merchandise"
• S: (v) foist off (foist_off%2:40:00::), palm off (palm_off%2:40:00::), fob off (fob_off%2:40:00::) (sell as genuine, sell with the intention to deceive)
• S: (v) realize (realize%2:40:00::), realise (realise%2:40:00::) (convert into cash; of goods and property)
• S: (v) auction (auction%2:40:00::), auction off (auction_off%2:40:00::), auctioneer (auctioneer%2:40:00::) (sell at an auction)
• S: (v) retail (retail%2:40:00::) (sell on the retail market)
• S: (v) wholesale (wholesale%2:40:00::) (sell in large quantities)
• S: (v) sacrifice (sacrifice%2:40:02::) (sell at a loss)
• S: (v) dump (dump%2:40:01::), underprice (underprice%2:40:00::) (sell at artificially low prices)
• S: (v) undersell (undersell%2:40:00::), undercut (undercut%2:40:00::) (sell cheaper than one's competition)
• S: (v) dispose (dispose%2:40:11::) (give, sell, or transfer to another) "She disposed of her parents' possessions"
• S: (v) move (move%2:40:00::) (dispose of by selling) "The chairman of the company told the salesmen to move the computers"
• S: (v) prostitute (prostitute%2:41:00::) (sell one's body; exchange sex for money)
• domain category
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• entailment
• antonym
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• S: (v) sell (sell%2:42:00::) (be sold at a certain price or in a certain way) "These books sell like hot cakes"
• S: (v) sell (sell%2:32:00::) (persuade somebody to accept something) "The French try to sell us their image as great lovers"
• S: (v) deal (deal%2:40:00::), sell (sell%2:40:01::), trade (trade%2:40:11::) (do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood) "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes"
• S: (v) sell (sell%2:40:02::) (give up for a price or reward) "She sold her principles for a successful career"
• S: (v) sell (sell%2:42:14::) (be approved of or gain acceptance) "The new idea sold well in certain circles"
• S: (v) sell (sell%2:42:13::) (be responsible for the sale of) "All her publicity sold the products"
• S: (v) betray (betray%2:41:00::), sell (sell%2:41:00::) (deliver to an enemy by treachery) "Judas sold Jesus"; "The spy betrayed his country"