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sell
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Meanings
verb
  • give or hand over (something) in exchange for money.
    E.g. they had sold the car
  • persuade someone of the merits of.
    E.g. he sold the idea of making a film about Tchaikovsky
  • trick or deceive (someone).
    E.g. what we want is to go out of here quiet, and talk this show up, and sell the rest of the town
noun
  • an act of selling or attempting to sell something.
    E.g. every other television commercial is a sell for Australian lager
  • a disappointment, typically one arising from being deceived as to the merits of something.
    E.g. actually, Hawaii's a bit of a sell—not a patch on Corfu

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