sell
the activity of persuading someone to buy
- it was a hard sell
• Hypernyms:
sale
1. exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent (Freq. 73)
- He sold his house in January
- She sells her body to survive and support her drug habit
• Ant:
buy
• Derivationally related forms:
seller, selling
• Topics:
commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
• Hypernyms:
exchange, change, interchange
• Hyponyms:
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, sacrifice, dump, underprice,
undersell, undercut, dispose, move, prostitute
• Entailment:
give
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody something
- Somebody ----s something to somebody
- They sell the food to the people
- They sell the people the food
2. be sold at a certain price or in a certain way (Freq. 12)
- These books sell like hot cakes
• Derivationally related forms:
selling
• Hypernyms:
be
• Hyponyms:
retail, trade
• Verb Group:
deal, trade
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
- These cars won't sell
3. persuade somebody to accept something (Freq. 5)
- The French try to sell us their image as great lovers
• Hypernyms:
persuade
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody something
- Somebody ----s something to somebody
- They won't sell the story
4. do business;
offer for sale as for one's livelihood (Freq. 4)
- She deals in gold
- The brothers sell shoes
• Syn:
deal, trade
• See Also:
deal out (for: deal), trade (for: deal)
• Derivationally related forms:
trade (for: trade), trading (for: trade), seller, selling, dealer (for: deal), deal (for: deal), dealings (for: deal), dealing (for: deal)
• Topics:
commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
• Hypernyms:
transact
• Hyponyms:
push, deal, black marketeer, pyramid, market,
peddle, monger, huckster, hawk, vend, pitch
• Verb Group:
deal
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s PP
5. give up for a price or reward (Freq. 2)
- She sold her principles for a successful career
• Hypernyms:
surrender, cede, deliver, give up
• Verb Group:
betray
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody something
- Somebody ----s something to somebody
6. be approved of or gain acceptance
- The new idea sold well in certain circles
• Hypernyms:
be
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
7. be responsible for the sale of
- All her publicity sold the products
• Hypernyms:
be
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
8. deliver to an enemy by treachery
- Judas sold Jesus
- The spy betrayed his country
• Syn:
betray
• Derivationally related forms:
betrayer (for: betray), betrayal (for: betray)
• Hypernyms:
deceive, lead on, delude, cozen
• Hyponyms:
double cross
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Sam cannot sell Sue
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