sell
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(verb) persuade somebody to accept something; "The French try to sell us their image as great lovers" |
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Related Words: persuade |
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(noun) the activity of persuading someone to buy; "it was a hard sell" |
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Related Words: sale |
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(verb) give up for a price or reward: "She sold her principles for a successful career" |
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Related Words: cede, deliver, give up, surrender |
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(verb) exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent; "He sells machine tools"; "She sells her body to survive and support her drug habit" |
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Related Words: auction, auction off, auctioneer, bootleg, change, clear, deaccession, dispose, dump, exchange, fob off, foist off, interchange, move, palm off, prostitute, realize, remainder, resell, retail, sacrifice, scalp, smuggle, syndicate, trust, undercut, underprice, undersell, wholesale |
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Antonyms: buy |
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(verb) be sold at a certain price or in a certain way: "These books sell like hot cakes" |
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Related Words: be, retail, trade |
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(verb) be responsible for the sale of; "All her publicity sold the products" |
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Related Words: be |
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(verb) be approved of or gain acceptance; "The new idea sold well in certain circles" |
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Related Words: be |
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(verb) do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes" |
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Synonyms: deal, trade |
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Related Words: black marketeer, deal, hawk, huckster, market, monger, peddle, pitch, pyramid, transact, vend |
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(verb) deliver to an enemy by treachery; "Judas sold Jesus"; "The spy betrayed his country" |
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Synonyms: betray |
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Related Words: cozen, deceive, delude, double cross, lead on |
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