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გამოთქმა: /sɛl/

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  • 1an act of selling or attempting to sell something:every other television commercial is a sell for Australian lager
  • 2British a disappointment, typically one arising from being deceived as to the merits of something:actually, Hawaii’s a bit of a sell—not a patch on Corfu

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  • 1give or hand over (something) in exchange for money:they had sold the car the family business had been sold off [with two objects]:I was trying to sell him my butterfly collection
  • have a stock of (something) available for sale:the store sells hi-fis, TVs, videos, and other electrical goods
  • [no object] be purchased in specified amounts or for a specified price:the album sold 6 million copies in the United States this magazine of yours won’t sell these antiques of the future sell for about £375
  • [no object] (sell out) sell all of one’s stock of something:they had nearly sold out of the initial run of 75,000 copies
  • [no object] (sell out) be all sold:it was clear that the performances would not sell out
  • [no object] (sell through) (of a product) be purchased by a customer from a retail outlet.
  • [no object] (sell up) British sell all of one’s property, possessions, or assets:Ernest sold up and retired
  • (sell oneself) have sex in exchange for money: if she was going to sell herself then it would be as well not to come too cheap
  • [no object] (sell out) abandon one’s principles for reasons of expedience:the prime minister has come under fire for selling out to the United States
  • (sell someone out) betray someone for one’s own benefit:the clansmen became tenants and the chiefs sold them out
  • archaic offer (something) dishonourably for money or other reward: do not your lawyers sell all their practice, as your priests their prayers?
  • 2persuade someone of the merits of:he sold the idea of making a film about Tchaikovsky he just won’t sell himself
  • (sell someone on) cause someone to become enthusiastic about:I’m just not sold on the idea
  • 3 archaic trick or deceive (someone): what we want is to go out of here quiet, and talk this show up, and sell the rest of the town

sell someone a bill of goods

sell someone down the river

see river.

sell someone a (or the) dummy

see dummy.

sell the pass

see pass2.

sell someone a pup

see pup.

sell someone/thing short

see short.

sell one's soul (to the devil)

do or be willing to do anything, no matter how wrong it is, in order to achieve one’s objective:it is very easy to get to the top of any employment structure if you are prepared to sell your soul

sellable

adjective

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