Sell

  • 61sell — [OE] The underlying etymological meaning of sell is ‘give up, hand over’, but gradually the notion of handing something over in exchange for something else, particularly money, led to its present day sense. Both meanings co existed in Old English …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 62sell on — PHRASAL VERB If you buy something and then sell it on, you sell it to someone else soon after buying it, usually in order to make a profit. [V n P] Mr Farrier bought cars at auctions and sold them on... [V n P to n] The arms had been sold to a… …

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  • 63sell up — Brit. sell all of one s possessions or assets. → sell …

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  • 64şellənməx’ — (Zaqatala, Zəngilan) lovğalanmaq, özünü çəkmək, qürrələnmək. – Anası didikçə, oğlu da şellənirdi (Zaqatala); – Heç şellənmə, cücəni payızda sayallar (Zəngilan) …

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  • 65sellənmək — f. Sel kimi axmaq, selə çevrilmək. Gecə gündüz, vaxtbivaxt ağlaram; Çeşmim yaşı Ceyhun olur, sellənir. Qur.. Yağ, yağışım, sellənərək; Sırmalanıb tellənərək! M. Müş …

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  • 66sell — [OE] The underlying etymological meaning of sell is ‘give up, hand over’, but gradually the notion of handing something over in exchange for something else, particularly money, led to its present day sense. Both meanings co existed in Old English …

    Word origins

  • 67sell't — sellt, sell t Sc. and north. pa. tense of sell v …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 68sell-by — adj. Sell by is used with these nouns: ↑date …

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  • 69sell to — phr verb Sell to is used with these nouns as the object: ↑buyer …

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  • 70sell — I Mawdesley Glossary self. His sell himself. II North Country (Newcastle) Words pronoun, self: mysell, hissell, hersell, yoursell. Plural, sells …

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