sell someone a bargain (Shakespeare)

To make a fool of someone

strike a bargain

To agree on terms

sell¹ /sel/

transitive verb (pat and pap sold)

1. To give or give up for money or other equivalent
2. To betray
3. To impose upon, trick
4. To promote the sale of
5. To make acceptable
6. To cause someone to accept (eg an idea, plan)
7. To convince (someone) of the value of something
8. To praise, to cry up (obsolete)

intransitive verb

1. To make sales
2. To be sold, to be in demand for sale

noun (informal)

1. A deception
2. A disappointment or let-down
3. An act of selling
4. A particular quality emphasized in order to sell
5. Stocks to be sold
6. An order to sell stocks

sellˈable adjective

That can be sold

sellˈer noun

1. A person who sells
2. That which finds a sale
3. A selling race or plate (informal)

sell-by date noun

A date, indicated on a manufacturer's or distributor's label, after which goods, esp foods, are considered no longer fit to be sold (also figurative)

sellers’ market or seller's market noun

One in which sellers control the price, demand exceeding supply

sellˈing-plaˈter noun

A horse fit only to race in a selling race (also figurative)

sellˈing-price noun

The price at which a thing is sold

selling race or selling plate noun

A race the winning horse of which must be put up for auction at a price previously fixed (cf claiming race)

sellˈ-out noun

1. A betrayal
2. A show, performance, etc for which all seats are sold

sell down the river

To play false, betray

sell in

1. To sell (a product) to a retailer
2. (of a product) to be sold to a retailer (sellˈ-in noun)

sell off

To sell cheaply in order to dispose of (sellˈ-off noun)

sell on

To sell (what one has bought) to someone else

sell one's life dearly

To do great injury to the enemy before one is killed

sell out

1. To dispose entirely of
2. To sell one's commission
3. To betray (one's principles)

sell short

1. To belittle, disparage
2. To sell (stocks, etc) before one actually owns them, when intending to buy at a lower price

sell someone a bargain see under bargain

sell the pass

To betray a trust

sell through

1. To sell (a product) to the end-user, as opposed to a retailer
2. (of a product) to be sold to the end-user (sellˈ-through noun)

sell up

1. To sell the goods of, for debt
2. To sell all

to sell

For sale