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| Sounds | seh'l |
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| Rhymes | Aix-la-Chapelle, barbell, bel / Bel, and 89 more rhymes in ehl at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | The activity of persuading someone to buy. |
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| Examples | "it was a hard sell" |
| Broader | sale |
| Verbs | sell; sell; sell; sell |
| Meaning | Exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody something; Somebody ----s something to somebody |
| Model | They sell the food to the people; They sell the people the food |
| Examples | "She sells her body to survive and support her drug habit" |
| Category | commerce, commercialism, mercantilism |
| Entails | give |
| Entailed by | sell out, sell up, liquidize; trade, merchandise |
| Narrower | clear; negociate; scalp; bootleg; sell short; remainder; resell; syndicate; deaccession; sell off; foist off, palm off, fob off; realize, realise; auction, auction off, auctioneer; retail; wholesale; trust; sacrifice; dump, underprice; undersell, undercut; dispose; move; prostitute |
| Broader | exchange, change, interchange |
| Contrary | buy, purchase |
| Similar to | sell |
| Nouns | seller; selling; sell |
| Meaning | Be sold at a certain price or in a certain way. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP |
| Model | These cars won't sell |
| Examples | "These books sell like hot cakes" |
| Narrower | retail; trade |
| Broader | be |
| Similar to | sell; deal, sell, trade |
| Nouns | selling; sell |
| Meaning | Do business. Offer for sale as for one's livelihood. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP |
| Examples | "The brothers sell shoes" |
| Synonyms | deal, trade |
| Category | commerce, commercialism, mercantilism |
| Narrower | push; deal; black marketeer; pyramid; market; peddle, monger, huckster, hawk, vend, pitch |
| Broader | transact |
| Similar to | deal; sell |
| Nouns | seller; selling; sell |
| Meaning | Persuade somebody to accept something. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody something; Somebody ----s something to somebody |
| Model | They won't sell the story |
| Examples | "The French try to sell us their image as great lovers" |
| Broader | persuade |
| Meaning | Give up for a price or reward. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody something; Somebody ----s something to somebody |
| Broader | surrender, cede, deliver, give up |
| Similar to | betray, sell |
| Meaning | Deliver to an enemy by treachery. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
| Model | Sam cannot sell Sue |
| Synonyms | betray |
| Narrower | double cross |
| Broader | deceive, lead on, delude, cozen |
| Similar to | sell |
| Meaning | Be approved of or gain acceptance. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s |
| Broader | be |
| Meaning | Be responsible for the sale of. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something |
| Broader | be |
| Nouns | sell |