SELL
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Sell (sĕl), n. Self. [Obs. or Scot.] B. Jonson.
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Sell (sĕl), n. A sill. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Sell (sĕl), n. A cell; a house. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Sell (sĕl), n. [F. selle, L. sella, akin to sedere to sit. See Sit.] 1. A saddle for a horse. [Obs.]
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He left his lofty steed with golden self.
Spenser.
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2. A throne or lofty seat. [Obs.] Fairfax.
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Sell (sĕl), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sold (s&ō;ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Selling.] [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. s&ä;lja to sell, Dan. sælge, 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. It is the correlative of buy.
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If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor.
Matt. xix. 21.
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I am changed; I'll go sell all my land.
Shak.
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&hand_; 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.
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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.
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You would have sold your king to slaughter.
Shak.
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3. To impose upon; to trick; to deceive; to make a fool of; to cheat. [Slang] Dickens.
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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.
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Sell (sĕl), v. i. 1. To practice selling commodities.
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I will buy with you, sell with you; . . . but I will not eat with you.
Shak.
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2. To be sold; as, corn sells at a good price.
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To sell out, to sell one's whole stock in trade or one's entire interest in a property or a business.
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Sell, n. An imposition; a cheat; a hoax. [Colloq.]
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