sell

Pronunciation: /sɛl/

The English word “sell” has 15 meanings listed here.

verb

To transfer goods or provide services in exchange for money.
To be sold.
To promote (a product or service) although not being paid in any direct way or at all.
To promote (a particular viewpoint).
To betray for money or other things.
To trick, cheat, or manipulate someone.
To pretend that an opponent's blows or maneuvers are causing legitimate injury; to act.
To throw under the bus; to let down one's own team in an endeavour, especially in a sport or a game.

noun

An act of selling; sale.
The promotion of an idea for acceptance.
An easy task.
An imposition, a cheat; a hoax; a disappointment; anything occasioning a loss of pride or dignity.
A seat or stool.
A saddle.
A rope (usually for tying up cattle, but can also mean any sort of rope).

Etymology

From Middle English sellen, from Old English sellan (“give; give up for money”), from Proto-West Germanic *salljan, from Proto-Germanic *saljaną, from Proto-Indo-European *selh₁-. Cognates Cognate with Scots sell (“to sell”), Danish sælge (“to sell”), Norwegian Bokmål selge (“to sell”), Norwegian Nynorsk selja, selje (“to sell”), Swedish sälja (“to sell”), Faroese and Icelandic selja (“to sell”),…

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