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C0188700 (sĕl)v. sold (sōld), sell·ing, sells v.tr.1. To exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent: We sold our old car for a modest sum.2. To offer or have available for sale: The store sells health foods.3. To give up or surrender in exchange for a price or reward: sell one's soul to the devil.4. To be purchased in (a certain quantity); achieve sales of: a book that sold a million copies.5. a. To bring about or encourage sales of; promote: Good publicity sold the product.b. To cause to be accepted; advocate successfully: We sold the proposal to the school committee.6. To persuade (another) to recognize the worth or desirability of something: They sold me on the idea.v.intr.1. To exchange ownership for money or its equivalent; engage in selling: Are any of the fruit vendors still selling?2. To be sold or be on sale: Grapes are selling high this season.3. To attract prospective buyers; be popular on the market: an item that doesn't sell.4. To be approved of; gain acceptance: an idea that just wouldn't sell.n.1. An act or instance of selling: ordered a sell of his shares in the company.2. Something that sells or gains acceptance in a particular way: Their program to raise taxes will be a difficult sell.3. Slang A deception; a hoax.Phrasal Verbs: sell off To get rid of by selling, often at reduced prices. sell out1. To sell all of a supply of something: We have sold out of that model.2. To cause (someone) to have sold an entire supply of something: The bakery is sold out of those pastries.3. To be entirely sold: Her new novel has sold out.4. Slang To betray one's principles or colleagues: He sold out to the other side. sell through To be purchased as a retail item by a customer: The clothes are in the store, but they aren't selling through.Idioms: sell a bill of goods Informal To take unfair advantage of. sell down the river Informal To betray the trust or faith of. sell short1. To contract for the sale of securities or commodities one expects to own at a later date and at more advantageous terms.2. To underestimate the true value or worth of: Don't sell your colleague short; she's a smart lawyer.

[Middle English sellen, from Old English sellan, to give, sell.]

sell′a·ble adj.

sell out

vb (adverb) 1. (Commerce) to dispose of (supplies of something) completely by selling. Also (chiefly Brit): sell up 2. (tr) informal to betray, esp through a secret agreement3. (intr) informal to abandon one's principles, standards, etc n 4. (Commerce) informal a. a performance for which all tickets are soldb. (as modifier): a sell-out show. 5. (as modifier): a sell-out show. 6. (Commerce) a commercial success 7. informal a betrayal 8. informal a person who betrays their principles, standards, friends, etc

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Verb	1.	sell out - get rid of all one's merchandiseliquidize, sell upcommerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)chuck out, discard, cast aside, cast away, throw away, toss away, toss out, put away, throw out, cast out, dispose, fling, toss - throw or cast away; "Put away your worries"
	2.	sell out - give information that compromises othersshit, tell on, snitch, stag, shop, denounce, give away, betray, grass, rat - give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"

sell

verb1. To offer for sale:deal (in), handle, market, merchandise, merchant, peddle, retail, trade (in), vend.2. To succeed in causing (a person) to act in a certain way.Also used with on:argue into, bring, bring around (or round), convince, get, induce, persuade, prevail on (or upon), talk into.phrasal verb
sell for1. To achieve (a certain price):bring (in), fetch, realize.2. To require a specified price:cost, go for.phrasal verb
sell offTo get rid of completely by selling, especially in quantity or at a discount:close out, dump, sell out, unload.phrasal verb
sell out1. To get rid of completely by selling, especially in quantity or at a discount:close out, dump, sell off, unload.2. Slang. To be treacherous to:betray, double-cross.Slang: rat (on).Idiom: sell down the river .nounSlang. Market appeal:marketability, marketableness, salability, salableness.

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(sel) – past tense, past participle sold (sould) – verb1. to give something in exchange for money. He sold her a car; I've got some books to sell. 卖，出售 2. to have for sale. The farmer sells milk and eggs.卖3. to be sold. His book sold well.销路4. to cause to be sold. Packaging sells a product.使...畅销ˌsell-out noun1. an event, especially a concert, for which all the tickets are sold. His concert was a sell-out. 脱销，售完 2. a betrayal. The gang realized it was a sell-out and tried to escape.背叛be sold on to be enthusiastic about. I'm sold on the idea of a holiday in Canada.热中于be sold out1. to be no longer available. The second-hand records are all sold out; The concert is sold out.销售一空2. to have no more available to be bought. We are sold out of children's socks.售完sell down the river to betray. The gang was sold down the river by one of its associates.出卖sell off to sell quickly and cheaply. They're selling off their old stock.廉价出售sell out1. (sometimes with of) to sell all of something. We sold out our entire stock.卖光2. to be all sold. The second-hand records sold out within minutes of the sale starting.卖光sell up to sell a house, business etc. He has sold up his share of the business.拍卖

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sell out

1. To betray one for a personal benefit. A noun or pronoun can be used between "sell" and "out." Part of the discontentment among voters comes from the sentiment that those in government sold them out when the economy collapsed. Jacob sold out the others to the police so that he would avoid jail time.2. For a stock of something to become completely depleted due to every item having been sold. The tickets sold out in a matter of minutes. The new console is expected to sell out in minutes after it goes on sale.3. To abandon or betray one's espoused principles or cause, especially in the pursuit of profit or personal benefit. Many of his fans felt he sold out when he signed with a major record label. That's it? One hard month and you're ready to sell out and get a corporate job?See also: out, sell

sellout

1. A person who has abandoned or betrayed their espoused principles or cause, especially in the pursuit of profit or personal advantage. Many of his fans accused him of being a sellout when he signed with a major record label. Sure, he posts about social causes, but he gave up activism years ago to work in marketing. Total sellout.2. An event that reaches capacity for admission due to all the tickets having been sold. The concert was another sellout, with over 30,000 people in attendance.3. The act or instance of selling through the entire stock of something. The store holds a huge sellout after the holidays to get rid of leftover items at heavily discounted prices.

sell someone out

and sell someone down the riverto betray someone; to reveal damaging information about someone. Bill told everything he knew about Bob, and that sold Bob down the river. You'll be sorry if you sell me out. Lefty sold out his friends, and we'll all soon be arrested.See also: out, sell

sell something out

to sell all of something. Have they sold their supply out yet? The stores sold out their stocks of that game long before Christmas.See also: out, sell

sell out (to someone)

1. to sell everything, such as all one's property or one's company, to someone. The farmer finally gave up and sold out to a large corporation. I refuse to sell out no matter what they offer me. 2. to betray someone or something to someone. I think that you have sold out to the enemy!See also: out, sell

sold out

[of a product] completely sold with no more items remaining; [of a store] having no more of a particular product. The tickets were sold out so we couldn't go to the concert. I wanted new shoes like yours, but they were sold out.See also: out, sold

sell out

1. Dispose of entirely by selling. For example, The rancher finally sold out to the oil company, or The tickets to the concert were sold out a month ago. [Late 1700s] 2. Betray one's cause or colleagues, as in He sold out to the other side. [Slang; late 1800s] See also: out, sell

sell out

v.1. To be sold completely: The tickets will sell out by tomorrow.2. To sell one's entire supply of a particular item: I'm afraid we sold out all our ice cream, kids! The hardware store sold out of plywood as the hurricane moved closer to shore.3. To cause some supply of merchandise to be sold completely. Used in the passive: We can't get into the theater because the tickets are sold out.4. To cause some vendor to sell its entire supply of something. Used in the passive: I wanted to buy more spoons, but the store was sold out.5. To sell one's entire stake in a business or venture: The owners of the liquor store plan to sell out as soon as they can find a buyer.6. To betray one's cause or colleagues, especially for money: The disloyal baseball player sold out to another team.7. To betray someone or something, especially for money: The manager sold out his staff in order to keep his own job. Our agent sold us out when she moved to a better company and dropped us as a client.See also: out, sell

sell someone out

tv. to betray someone. How could you sell me out like that? See also: out, sell, someone

sellout

1. n. the event of selling all of something. (Advertising.) Come to our gigantic sellout of all name-brand merchandise! 2. n. a betrayal. (see also sell someone out.) Any one of you could have stood up for me. What a sellout!

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verb get rid of all one's merchandise

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