If you sell something that you own, you let someone have it in return for money.

to speak unfavourably and off-puttingly of (something or someone)

(of a good or product ) that sells in large numbers

the act or an instance of mis-selling

A best-selling product such as a book is very popular and a large quantity of it has been sold.

selling quickly and in large quantities

widespread selling of a security or investment , causing sharp price declines . Usually caused by an unexpected event seen to devalue the security.

A selling point is a desirable quality or feature that something has which makes it likely that people will want to buy it.

The selling price of something is the price for which it is sold.

a horse race in which the winner must be offered for sale at auction

the rate at which a bank is willing to sell foreign currency

the practice of selling commodities , securities , currencies, etc that one does not have in the expectation that falling prices will enable one to buy them in at a profit before they have to be delivered

selling goods directly to consumers rather than through retailers, usually by mail order, direct-mail shot, newspaper advertising , door-to-door selling, telephone selling, the internet , or television home-shopping channels

(in Britain) the illegal practice of sending unrequested goods to householders followed by a bill for the price of the goods if they do not return them

Pyramid selling is a method of selling in which one person buys a supply of a particular product direct from the manufacturer and then sells it to a number of other people at an increased price. These people sell it on to others in a similar way, but eventually the final buyers are only able to sell the product for less than they paid for it.

a horse that competes , or is only good enough to compete, in a selling race

a system of selling, now illegal in Britain, whereby potential customers are attracted by a special offer on some goods but the seller's real aim is to sell other more expensive goods instead

Selling expenses are expenses that are related to sales activities, such as delivery costs and salespeople's wages .

the selling or attempted selling of a particular commodity or service by a salesperson who makes his or her initial approach by telephone

to sell (new products) to a retail outlet to be sold to the public

If you buy something and then sell it on , you sell it to someone else soon after buying it, usually in order to make a profit .

If you sell up , you sell everything you have, such as your house or your business, because you need the money.

to attempt to sell a customer ( additional or more expensive goods or services)

a feature of a product that is emphasized in advertising material and sales presentations

To mis-sell something such as a pension or an insurance policy means to sell it to someone even though you know that it is not suitable for them.

to sell (a financial product that is inappropriate for the needs of the customer )

To pre-sell a product to promote it with publicity before it comes on to the market.

If you sell something off , you sell it because you need the money.

If a shop sells out of something, it sells all its stocks of it, so that there is no longer any left for people to buy .

The USP of a product or service is a particular feature of it which can be used in advertising to show how it is different from, and better than, other similar products or services. USP is an abbreviation for 'Unique Selling Point'.

a figure representing the human form, used for displaying clothes, in a ventriloquist's act, as a target , etc

A dummy is a model of a person, often used to display clothes.