1. Exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
   "He sold his house in January"; "She sells her body to survive and support her drug habit";
   - flog [Brit, informal]
    
2. Be sold at a certain price or in a certain way
   "These books sell like hot cakes"
    
3. Do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood
   "The brothers sell shoes";
   - deal, trade
    
4. Give up for a price or reward
   "She sold her principles for a successful career"
    
5. Be responsible for the sale of
   "All her publicity sold the products"
    
6. Persuade somebody to accept something
   "The French try to sell us their image as great lovers"
    
7. Be approved of or gain acceptance
   "The new idea sold well in certain circles"
    
8. Deliver to an enemy by treachery
   "Judas sold Jesus";
   - betray

1. The activity of persuading someone to buy
   "it was a hard sell"
    
2. [Brit, informal] A feeling of disappointment when expectations are not met
   "The sea view was a sell - you could barely see the water";
   - disappointment, letdown, comedown [informal]

Sounds like: cell

Derived forms: selling, sold, sells

Type of: be, cede, change, cost, cozen [literary], deceive, deliver, delude, dissatisfaction, exchange, exist, give up, interchange, lead on, persuade, sale, surrender, transact

Antonym: buy

Encyclopedia: Sell, Michael