Category:Sell

Sell, n.

Defn: self. [obs. or scot.] B. Jonson.

Sell Sell, n.

Defn: a sill. [obs.] Chaucer.

Sell Sell, n.

Defn: a cell; a house. [obs.] Chaucer.

Sell Sell, n. Etym: [f. selle, l. sella, akin to sedere to sit. See sit.]

1. A saddle for a horse. [obs.] He left his lofty steed with golden self. Spenser.

2. A throne or lofty seat. [obs.] Fairfax.

Sell Sell, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sold; p. pr. & vb. n. Selling.] Etym: [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. s, 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. If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the Poor. Matt. xix. 21. I am changed; i'll go sell all my land. Shak.

Note: 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.

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. You would have sold your king to slaughter. Shak.

3. To impose upon; to trick; to deceive; to make a fool of; to cheat. [slang] dickens. 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.

Sell Sell, v. i.

1. To practice selling commodities. I will buy with you, sell with you;. . . but i will not eat with You. Shak.

2. To be sold; as, corn sells at a good price. To sell out, to sell One's whole stockk in trade or one's entire interest in a property or A business.

Sell Sell, n.

Defn: an imposition; a cheat; a hoax. [colloq.]