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Nouns (1)

sell

n. the activity of persuading someone to buy; "it was a hard sell"

Verbs (6)

sell

v. persuade somebody to accept something; "The French try to sell us their image as great lovers"

sell

v. give up for a price or reward; "She sold her principles for a successful career"

sell

v. be sold at a certain price or in a certain way; "These books sell like hot cakes"

exchange for money

v. 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"

deal in

v. do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes"

betray

v. deliver to an enemy by treachery; "Judas sold Jesus"; "The spy betrayed his country"

Adverbs (0)

Adjectives (0)

Fuzzynyms (9)

handle, treat, treat with, do by

v. interact in a certain way; "Do right by her"; "Treat him with caution, please"; "Handle the press reporters gently"

retail, sell retail

v. sell on the retail market

cheat, sell short, rip off

v. deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money"

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Antonyms (3)

purchase, take, buy

v. obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; "She buys for the big department store"

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