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sell

verb

/sel/ us

/sel/

sold | sold

sell verb (MONEY)

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A2 [ I or T ]

to give something to someone else in return for money:

[ + two objects ] I sold him my car/I sold my car to him for $600.

We'll be selling the tickets at/for £50 each.

The stall sells drinks and snacks.

Synonymordbok: synonymer, antonymer og eksempler

to sell something

sellAre you selling your car?
retailThe company makes and retails moderately priced sportswear.
deal inThey mainly deal in rare books.
divestUS The investors divested themselves of the company's stock.
sell offThe company is selling off the less profitable parts of its business.

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A2 [ I or T ]

to be bought in the way or quantities that are mentioned; to be sold at the price mentioned :

These baskets sell well (= a lot of them are bought).

Their last album sold over a hundred thousand copies.

How much does the phone sell for?

Synonymordbok: synonymer, antonymer og eksempler

to have a certain monetary value

costHiring a car for the week will cost close to £300!
beThe cakes were £1.50 each or two for £2.
sell forThe tickets sell for £100 each.
fetchThe medieval manuscript fetched a record-breaking £1.2 million at auction.
go for somethingHouses around here usually go for about £500,000.
set someone back (something)Phew, that ring looks like it set you back.

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SMART Vocabulary: relaterte ord og fraser

Selling

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sell verb (PERSUADE)

C2 [ T ]

to persuade someone that an idea or plan is a good one and likely to be successful:

My boss is very old-fashioned and I'm having a lot of trouble selling the idea of working at home occasionally.

The filmmakers sold me on the idea that my book would work on the screen.

[ + two objects ] The chance of greater access to European markets would help sell the president the plan/sell the plan to the president.

In an interview, you have to sell yourself to the employer.

SMART Vocabulary: relaterte ord og fraser

Urging & persuading

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Idiomer

sell someone a bill of goods
sell someone down the river
sell someone/yourself/something short
sell your soul (to the devil)

Partikkelverb

sell something off
sell out
sell (someone) out
sell up

(Definisjon av sell fra Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

sell | Amerikansk ordbok

sell

verb [ I/T ]

/sel/

past tense and past participle sold us/soʊld/

sell verb [I/T] (EXCHANGE FOR MONEY)

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to give a thing or perform a service in exchange for money:

[ T ] The children sold lemonade.

[ I ] These baskets sell well (= people buy a lot of them).

sell verb [I/T] (PERSUADE)

to persuade someone to accept an idea or plan, or to cause something to be accepted:

[ T ] That is a plan we can easily sell to the school board.

Idiom

sell someone short

Partikkelverb

sell off something
sell someone on something
sell out (something)
sell out (something)

(Definisjon av sell fra Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

sell | Forretningsengelsk

sell

verb

/sel/ us

sold | sold

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[ I or T ] COMMERCE, FINANCE

to give something to someone else in return for money:

sell securities/shares/stock

sell a car/company/house

The 43% owner of the company indicated that it was ready to sell.

sell sth to sb/sth The partners plan to sell 40% of the company to investors.

sell sb sth We are going to sell him our car.

sell to sb/sth The site could be built on if the owners decided to sell to private developers.

sell sth at $10/$100, etc. It raised $180 million Monday by selling 7.2 million shares at $25 apiece.

sell sth at a loss/markup/profit The business was sold at an enormous profit.

sell sth for $10/$100, etc. How much did you sell your house for?

[ I or T ] COMMERCE

to have something available for people to buy:

sell goods/products/services

On either bank of the river are specialist shops selling designer clothes, books, music and art.

Its products are sold in 150 countries.

We sell directly via a contact sales force.

sell online/over the internet

[ I or T ] COMMERCE, FINANCE

to be bought in the quantities or the way specified:

sell fast/well The watches are selling well through the group's retail outlets.

sell at $10/$100, etc. The stock is currently selling at 11 times earnings estimates.

sell for $10/$100, etc. The games console will sell for $349.

The company had problems with overstocking and products that didn't sell.

The magazine is now selling 225,000 copies a week.

[ I or T ] MARKETING

to make people want to buy something:

Price and delivery are only two elements of the marketing mix that sells products.

It's a cliche of advertising to say that "sex sells".

[ T ]

to persuade someone that an idea or plan is a good one, and likely to be successful:

He is trying to sell an idea for a TV comedy.

sell sth to sb The government sold spending cuts to the public as a way to get the economy growing again.

sell yourself

to persuade people that you have the right qualities or abilities for a particular job or in a particular situation:

The phone interview is your one chance to sell yourself.

sell like hot cakes informal

to be bought quickly and in large numbers:

With-profits bonds have sold like hot cakes to older people looking for a low-risk, high return for their money.

Partikkelverb

sell sth back to sb/sth
sell sth forward
sell into sth
sell sth off
sell sb on sth
sell sth on
sell out
sell through
sell up

sell

noun [ C, usually singular ]

MARKETING

/sel/ us

an act of selling or trying to sell a product or service:

a difficult/hard/tough sell In spite of continuing drought conditions, artificial grass remains a hard sell.

Fear of unemployment make mortgage protection an easy sell.

Sammenlign

sale

an act of trying to persuade someone that something is a good idea:

a hard/difficult/tough sell Tax breaks for developers to build more-expensive housing would be a tough sell.

[ C ] FINANCE, STOCK MARKET

(also sell rating)

advice to sell shares in a particular company from a broker:

The broker SG Securities is moving its rating to a sell.

While Merrill has a neutral recommendation, we believe the shares are a sell.

Se også

hard sell

soft sell

(Definisjon av sell fra Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Eksempler på sell

sell

Recyclable material is sold to wholesalers and organic material is composted and then sold in the market.

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The woman's husband could not sell or otherwise alienate that land without her permission.

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Rich farmers sold grain on credit to poorer households when prices were high.

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In a "free society" what grounds are there for restricting the freedom of adults to purchase, and of medical practitioners to sell, cosmetic surgery?

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The firm earns revenues by selling goods and must purchase investment goods and hire labor.

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Probably, given the importance of second-hand trade in early modern economies, nuns could even make a profit by selling some of the objects outside.

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It has also moved from the study of major selling artists to look at the lives of 'ordinary' musicians and fans.

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It can thus easily be used in television programmes or films, and so has the capability to be sold twice over.

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Fishing vessels came alongside and sold their catch.

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Regional agricultural producers sell their products to a national commodity market.

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Whenever the quarters were sold, they were evicted and asked to settle their claims against the evacuees' property.

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Quarantine measures following outbreaks of disease regularly meant that cattle owners could not sell stock outside the district.

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This suggests that eggs, from sources other than the 23 farms studied, are sold at outlets in the malls.

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Other retail outlets for eggs include kiosks, roadside vendors, supermarkets (small, medium or large) selling table eggs where few had refrigeration facilities for the eggs.

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Some outlets sold products from more than one farm; in total, 21 locations were observed.

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Betydningen av sell på engelsk

sell verb (MONEY)

sell verb (PERSUADE)

Idiomer

Partikkelverb

sell | Amerikansk ordbok

sell verb [I/T] (EXCHANGE FOR MONEY)

sell verb [I/T] (PERSUADE)

Idiom

Partikkelverb

sell | Forretningsengelsk

Partikkelverb

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