selling

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nounthe act of selling

nounthe occupation of selling

Synonyms for selling

noun the act of selling

Antonyms for selling

disposal

noun. parting with or throwing something away

Word Origin & History

Old English sellan "to give, furnish, supply, lend; surrender, give up; deliver to; promise," from Proto-Germanic *saljan "offer up, deliver" (cf. Old Norse selja "to hand over, deliver, sell;" Old Frisian sella, Old High German sellen "to give, hand over, sell;" Gothic saljan "to offer a sacrifice"), ultimately from PIE root *sel- (3) "to take, grasp."

Meaning "to give up for money" had emerged by c.1000, but in Chaucer selle still can mean "to give." Students of Old English learn early that the word that looks like sell usually means "give." An Old English word for "to sell" was bebycgan, from bycgan "to buy."

Slang meaning "to swindle" is from 1590s. The noun phrase hard sell is recorded from 1952. To sell one's soul is from c.1570. Sell-by date is from 1972. To sell like hot cakes is from 1839. Selling-point attested from 1959.

To sell (someone) down the river is first recorded 1927, but probably from or with recollection of slavery days, on notion of sale from the Upper South to the cotton plantations of the Deep South (attested in this literal sense since 1851).

Example Sentences for selling

Well, I'm buying and she's selling, and we'll have that money back.

I have seen legislators bought like bullocks--they selling themselves.

There's no reason why these books should not keep on selling.

He regretted to say that the book was not selling so well as he had hoped it would sell.

It is only a question of buying upon his part and of selling upon mine.

The art and practice of selling one's credibility for future delivery.

They are picking grapes and working a wine press and selling wine.

I suppose the habit of selling diamonds had made him rather suspicious of every one.

The market may advance so that by September, sugar is selling at 8.00.

He only came up against it when caught in the act of selling spirits.

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