sellern.¹

Brit.

/ˈsɛlə/, U.S.

/ˈsɛlər/

Forms: Middle English sullere, Middle English suller, sullar, Kent. zeller, Middle English siller(e, Middle English sellere, sellar(e, sellour, Middle English–1500s syller, Middle English– seller.

Etymology: < sell v. + -er suffix¹.

a. One who sells.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > selling > seller > [noun]

sellerc1200

utterer1542

vendor1594

venter1620

vendera1626

venditor1698

auctor1875

dispenser1881

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 213 Þe sullere loueð his þing dere... Ðe beger bet litel þar fore.

c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 90 Most principale sillere of benefices & veyn indulgencis.

a1400 Old Usages Wynchestre in Eng. Gilds 355 Euerych sullere of bred in þe heyȝestrete of Wynchestre.

1444 Rolls of Parl. V. 116/2 To damage of the beyour or sellour.

1540 in R. G. Marsden Select Pleas Court Admiralty (1894) I. 98 Having a byll of sale..delyvered to hym by the seller.

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. iii. 238 To thinges of sale, a sellers prayse belonges.

1692 J. Locke Some Considerations Lowering Interest 132 And so [to] raise the Price of Land, by making more Buyers than Sellers.

1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations II. iv. ii. 46 By diminishing the number of sellers, therefore, we necessarily diminish that of buyers.

1856 C. Dickens Little Dorrit (1857) i. xii. 101 The Plaintiff was ‘a Chaunter’—meaning, not a singer of anthems, but a seller of horses.

1866 W. Reed Hist. Sugar 159 Whilst sellers advanced their claims to be heard on the ground, that if [etc.]..the Americans would immediately become strong buyers.

1883 J. Gilmour Among Mongols xxxi. 365 After the two busy seasons there are a few buyers and sellers.

1900 Daily News 20 June 9/1 The number of easy sellers in cloth is again on the increase.

figurative.1697 G. Burghope Disc. Relig. Assemblies xii. 121 His Ears itch, and he runs after the Canting Seller of Breath.

b. seller-up: see to sell up at sell v. Phrasal verbs.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > selling > seller > [noun] > seller of bankrupt's possessions

seller-up1894

1894 A. Morrison Tales Mean Streets 294 A professional rent-receiver and seller-up.

c. Business. In various phrases, as:

(a) seller four (ten, twenty, the year, etc.): a form of contract in which the seller has the right to effect delivery within the specified number of days (four, ten, etc.); seller's option: the right of the seller to specify the number of days after which a sale is effected.

ΚΠ

1849 Merchants' Mag. 20 670 Fifty-six, buyer 20; 3rd broker—55¾, seller 10.

1857 Hunt's Merchants' Mag. 37 134 Sales at seller's option are generally a fraction below the current cash price.

1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad xxxiv. 369 Sales of one lot Circassians, prime to good, 1852 to 1854..; one forty-niner—damaged—at £23, seller ten, no deposit.

(b) seller's market n. a market in which there is excess demand at the going rate so that it is easy to effect additional sales. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > trading conditions > [noun] > supply and demand or market > state of the market > specific state of market

good cheapc1325

great cheapc1375

bust1842

softness1872

boom1875

sacrifice market1888

buyers' market1926

seller's market1934

1934 in Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang.

1948 G. Crowther Outl. Money (ed. 2) v. 163 The raw material markets may be transformed overnight from ‘seller's markets’ (i.e. where buying is insistent and the seller is in the strategic position) into ‘buyer's markets’, while the opposite movement is much slower.

1965 C. Zigrosser & C. M. Gaehde Guide to Collecting Orig. Prints vi. 91 In boom times and a seller's market, almost anyone can set up as a dealer and make a success of it.

1979 R. Jaffe Class Reunion iii. vii. 275 Everybody..here seems to be going to some shrink. They're all into self-help,..or screaming sessions, or group therapy... It's a seller's market.

2. A thing to be sold.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > merchandise > article(s) to be sold > [noun]

emporeutic1612

ablectick1623

vendible1681

offering1820

marketables1824

seller1831

product1928

1831 P. Sellar County of Sutherland 80 in Farm-rep. The packs, or shepherds' lambs, are divided into two sorts, sellers and keepers.

3. Something with a (wide, poor, etc.) sale; also, without qualification, something that sells well. Also used of other commodities.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > book > kind of book > books as sold > [noun]

seller1895

society > trade and finance > merchandise > article(s) to be sold > [noun] > which is easily sold

seller1895

quick-seller1926

1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 6/2 Brocaded Brilliantines... This line we expect will be one of the greatest sellers of the season.

1900 Cent. Mag. 59 646/2 But tragic novels are poor sellers.

1903 Munsey's Mag. 29 764 What are known as ‘sellers’—meaning books that enjoy a wide sale.

1905 Athenæum 9 Sept. 330/3 Fortunately the ‘best sellers’ are the worst survivors.

1925 Daily Tel. 13 May 20/7 (advt.) Traveller Wanted.—We offer the latest new line. Big seller. Live men can earn £10 week.

1976 Times 1 May (Food Suppl.) p. ii/6 On tinned meat he said: ‘My advice is to stock the major sellers, such as stewed steak.’

4. A selling race. colloquial.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [noun] > types of racing > types of race

wild-goose race1594

wild goose chase1597

bell-course1607

Palio1673

stake1696

paddock course1705

handicap1751

by-match1759

pony race1765

give and take plate1769

sweepstake1773

steeplechase1793

mile-heat1802

steeple race1809

welter1820

trotting-race1822

scurry1824

walkover1829

steeple hunt1831

set-to1840

sky race1840

flat race1848

trot1856

grind1857

feeler1858

nursery1860

waiting race1868

horse-trot1882

selling plate1888

flying milea1893

chase1894

flying handicap1894

prep1894

selling race1898

point-to-point1902

seller1922

shoo-in1928

daily double1930

bumper1946

selling chase1965

tiercé1981

1922 Notes & Queries 12th Ser. 11 207/1 Seller,..a selling race—one in which the winner is bound to be offered by public auction.

1927 Daily Express 23 June 12/2 The game little Congou colt took another seller.

1928 Daily Sketch 7 Aug. 22/4 Another interesting proposition at the Midland meeting is the Loud Report filly in the juvenile seller.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	seller
释义	sellern.¹ Brit. /ˈsɛlə/, U.S. /ˈsɛlər/ Forms: Middle English sullere, Middle English suller, sullar, Kent. zeller, Middle English siller(e, Middle English sellere, sellar(e, sellour, Middle English–1500s syller, Middle English– seller. Etymology: < sell v. + -er suffix¹. 1. a. One who sells. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > seller > [noun] sellerc1200 utterer1542 vendor1594 venter1620 vendera1626 venditor1698 auctor1875 dispenser1881 c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 213 Þe sullere loueð his þing dere... Ðe beger bet litel þar fore. c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 90 Most principale sillere of benefices & veyn indulgencis. a1400 Old Usages Wynchestre in Eng. Gilds 355 Euerych sullere of bred in þe heyȝestrete of Wynchestre. 1444 Rolls of Parl. V. 116/2 To damage of the beyour or sellour. 1540 in R. G. Marsden Select Pleas Court Admiralty (1894) I. 98 Having a byll of sale..delyvered to hym by the seller. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. iii. 238 To thinges of sale, a sellers prayse belonges. View more context for this quotation 1692 J. Locke Some Considerations Lowering Interest 132 And so [to] raise the Price of Land, by making more Buyers than Sellers. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations II. iv. ii. 46 By diminishing the number of sellers, therefore, we necessarily diminish that of buyers. 1856 C. Dickens Little Dorrit (1857) i. xii. 101 The Plaintiff was ‘a Chaunter’—meaning, not a singer of anthems, but a seller of horses. 1866 W. Reed Hist. Sugar 159 Whilst sellers advanced their claims to be heard on the ground, that if [etc.]..the Americans would immediately become strong buyers. 1883 J. Gilmour Among Mongols xxxi. 365 After the two busy seasons there are a few buyers and sellers. 1900 Daily News 20 June 9/1 The number of easy sellers in cloth is again on the increase. figurative.1697 G. Burghope Disc. Relig. Assemblies xii. 121 His Ears itch, and he runs after the Canting Seller of Breath. b. seller-up: see to sell up at sell v. Phrasal verbs. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > seller > [noun] > seller of bankrupt's possessions seller-up1894 1894 A. Morrison Tales Mean Streets 294 A professional rent-receiver and seller-up. c. Business. In various phrases, as: (a) seller four (ten, twenty, the year, etc.): a form of contract in which the seller has the right to effect delivery within the specified number of days (four, ten, etc.); seller's option: the right of the seller to specify the number of days after which a sale is effected. ΚΠ 1849 Merchants' Mag. 20 670 Fifty-six, buyer 20; 3rd broker—55¾, seller 10. 1857 Hunt's Merchants' Mag. 37 134 Sales at seller's option are generally a fraction below the current cash price. 1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad xxxiv. 369 Sales of one lot Circassians, prime to good, 1852 to 1854..; one forty-niner—damaged—at £23, seller ten, no deposit. (b) seller's market n. a market in which there is excess demand at the going rate so that it is easy to effect additional sales. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading conditions > [noun] > supply and demand or market > state of the market > specific state of market good cheapc1325 great cheapc1375 bust1842 softness1872 boom1875 sacrifice market1888 buyers' market1926 seller's market1934 1934 in Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. 1948 G. Crowther Outl. Money (ed. 2) v. 163 The raw material markets may be transformed overnight from ‘seller's markets’ (i.e. where buying is insistent and the seller is in the strategic position) into ‘buyer's markets’, while the opposite movement is much slower. 1965 C. Zigrosser & C. M. Gaehde Guide to Collecting Orig. Prints vi. 91 In boom times and a seller's market, almost anyone can set up as a dealer and make a success of it. 1979 R. Jaffe Class Reunion iii. vii. 275 Everybody..here seems to be going to some shrink. They're all into self-help,..or screaming sessions, or group therapy... It's a seller's market. 2. A thing to be sold. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > merchandise > article(s) to be sold > [noun] emporeutic1612 ablectick1623 vendible1681 offering1820 marketables1824 seller1831 product1928 1831 P. Sellar County of Sutherland 80 in Farm-rep. The packs, or shepherds' lambs, are divided into two sorts, sellers and keepers. 3. Something with a (wide, poor, etc.) sale; also, without qualification, something that sells well. Also used of other commodities. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > kind of book > books as sold > [noun] seller1895 society > trade and finance > merchandise > article(s) to be sold > [noun] > which is easily sold seller1895 quick-seller1926 1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 6/2 Brocaded Brilliantines... This line we expect will be one of the greatest sellers of the season. 1900 Cent. Mag. 59 646/2 But tragic novels are poor sellers. 1903 Munsey's Mag. 29 764 What are known as ‘sellers’—meaning books that enjoy a wide sale. 1905 Athenæum 9 Sept. 330/3 Fortunately the ‘best sellers’ are the worst survivors. 1925 Daily Tel. 13 May 20/7 (advt.) Traveller Wanted.—We offer the latest new line. Big seller. Live men can earn £10 week. 1976 Times 1 May (Food Suppl.) p. ii/6 On tinned meat he said: ‘My advice is to stock the major sellers, such as stewed steak.’ 4. A selling race. colloquial. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [noun] > types of racing > types of race wild-goose race1594 wild goose chase1597 bell-course1607 Palio1673 stake1696 paddock course1705 handicap1751 by-match1759 pony race1765 give and take plate1769 sweepstake1773 steeplechase1793 mile-heat1802 steeple race1809 welter1820 trotting-race1822 scurry1824 walkover1829 steeple hunt1831 set-to1840 sky race1840 flat race1848 trot1856 grind1857 feeler1858 nursery1860 waiting race1868 horse-trot1882 selling plate1888 flying milea1893 chase1894 flying handicap1894 prep1894 selling race1898 point-to-point1902 seller1922 shoo-in1928 daily double1930 bumper1946 selling chase1965 tiercé1981 1922 Notes & Queries 12th Ser. 11 207/1 Seller,..a selling race—one in which the winner is bound to be offered by public auction. 1927 Daily Express 23 June 12/2 The game little Congou colt took another seller. 1928 Daily Sketch 7 Aug. 22/4 Another interesting proposition at the Midland meeting is the Loud Report filly in the juvenile seller. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † sellern.² Forms: Also Middle English seler. Etymology: < Old French seller, selier (modern French sellier ), < selle saddle: see sell n.¹ Obsolete. rare. A saddler. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > saddle- or harness-making > saddler or harness-maker saddler1287 seller1311 fuster1415 collar-maker1481 saddle makerc1500 codder1507 knacker1574 fusterer1600 fustler1605 saddle-tree maker1619 saddle-carpenterc1721 tree-maker1828 whittawer1854 saddle stitcher1910 1311 in Cal. Let.-Bk. Lond. D 64 [The same day, Richard de Gloucestre], seler, [admitted]. 1415 in York Myst. Introd. 26 Sellers [foot-n. ‘Sadellers’ is written above]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.¹c1200n.²1311
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