| 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. sälja to sell, Dan. sælge, 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. It is the correlative of buy. [ 1913 Webster ] If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor. Matt. xix. 21. [ 1913 Webster ] I am changed; I'll go sell all my land. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] You would have sold your king to slaughter. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. To impose upon; to trick; to deceive; to make a fool of; to cheat. [ Slang ] Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Sell | v. i. 1. To practice selling commodities. [ 1913 Webster ] I will buy with you, sell with you; . . . but I will not eat with you. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To be sold; as, corn sells at a good price. [ 1913 Webster ]
To sell out, to sell one's whole stock in trade or one's entire interest in a property or a business. [ 1913 Webster ]
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