sell
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To transfer goods or provide services in exchange for money.
verbo
- 1
To transfer goods or provide services in exchange for money.
She sold her old car very quickly.
I'll sell you three books for a hundred dollars.
Sorry, I'm not prepared to sell.
If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor.
- 2
To be sold.
This old stock will never sell.
The corn sold for a good price.
- 3
To promote (a product or service) although not being paid in any direct way or at all.
Howard: You're gonna feel terrible when I'm in a wheelchair. Which, by the way, would fit easily in the back of this award-winning minivan. Bernadette: Fine, we'll go to the E.R. Just stop selling me on the van. Howard: You're right. It sells itself.
- 4
To promote (a particular viewpoint).
My boss is very old-fashioned and I'm having a lot of trouble selling the idea of working at home occasionally.
- 5
To betray for money or other things.
- 6
calãoTo trick, cheat, or manipulate someone.
Then weaues Other crosse-plots New tricks for safety, are sought; They thriue: When, bold, Each tempt's th'other againe, and all are sold.
House was jammed again that night, and we sold this crowd the same way.
Raul Meireles was the victim of the home side's hustling on this occasion giving the ball away to the impressive David Vaughan who slipped in Taylor-Fletcher. The striker sold Daniel Agger with the best dummy of the night before placing his shot past keeper Pepe Reina.
- 7
calãoTo pretend that an opponent's blows or maneuvers are causing legitimate injury; to act.
- 8
calãoTo throw under the bus; to let down one's own team in an endeavour, especially in a sport or a game.
He's selling!
He really sold in that match.
Etimologia
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”), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (saljan, “to pay tribute, make an offer”).
substantivo
- 1
An act of selling; sale.
Now the easiest sell in traveldom is made even easier.
- 2
figuradoThe promotion of an idea for acceptance.
This is going to be a tough sell.
- 3
An easy task.
- 4
antiquadoAn imposition, a cheat; a hoax; a disappointment; anything occasioning a loss of pride or dignity.
"Of course a miracle may happen, and you may be a great painter, but you must confess the chances are a million to one against it. It'll be an awful sell if at the end you have to acknowledge you've made a hash of it."
What a sell for Lena!
substantivo
- 1
obsoletoA seat or stool.
The tyrant proud frown’d from his loftie cell, [...].
- 2
arcaicoA saddle.
turning to that place, in which whyleare / He left his loftie steed with golden sell, / And goodly gorgeous barbes, him found not theare [...].
Then she gave unto him a horse so good, And therewith a new sell; "And never shalt thou the way inquire, Thy horse will find it well."
Etimologia
From French selle, from Latin sella.
substantivo
- 1
obsoletoA rope (usually for tying up cattle, but can also mean any sort of rope).
He picked up the sell from the straw-strewn barn-floor, snelly sneaked up behind her and sleekly slung it around her swire while scryingː "dee, dee ye fooking quhoreǃ".
Etimologia
From Old Saxon seill or Old Norse seil. Cognate with Dutch zeel (“rope”), German Seil (“rope”).
Formas
- plural
- sells
- pretérito
- sold
- particípio passado
- sold
- gerúndio
- selling
- 3.ª pessoa do singular
- sells
sell · To transfer goods or provide services in exchange for money.
Sell · A surname.seller · Someone who sells; a vendor; a clerk.Seller · An English and Scottish topographic surname, derived from any…