sell
1. sell \'sel\ \'so-ld\ \-*-b*l\ vb or sold; or sell.ing [ME sellen, fr.
OE sellan; akin to OHG sellen to sell, ON ]sala sale, Gk helein to take 1:
to deliver or give up in violation of duty, trust, or loyalty : BE TRAY
2a1: to give up (property) to another for money or other valuable consider
ation 2a2: to offer for sale 2b: to give up in return for something else
esp. foolishly or dishonorably {sold his birthright for a mess of pottage}
2c: to exact a price for 3a: to deliver into slavery for money 3b: to
give into the power of another 3c: to deliver the personal services of for
money 4: to dispose of or manage for profit instead of in accordance with
consci ence, justice, or duty {sold his vote} 5a: to develop a belief in
the truth, value, or desirability of 5b: to persuade or influence to a
course of action or to the acceptance of something {~ children on reading}
6: to impose upon : CHEAT {realized that he had been sold)> 7a: to cause or
promote the sale of 7b: to make or attempt to make sales to 7c: to
influence or induce to make a purchase 1: to dispose of something by sale
2: to achieve a sale 3: to have a specified price 1: to make a short sale
{made a fortune by selling short} 2: to fail to value properly :
UNDERESTIMATE {made the mistake o f selling his rival short} - sell.able aj
2. sell n 1: a deliberate deception : HOAX 2: the act or an instance of
selling : SALESMANSHIP
3. sell or selle \'sel\ n [ME selle, fr. MF, fr. L sella - more at SETTLE]
archaic : SADDLE
4. sell \'sel\ chiefly Scot var of SELF