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To give something in return for money.

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Usage examples (35)
  • I will sell my bicycle to you for twenty dollars.
  • The French try to sell us their image as great lovers
  • It was a hard sell
  • These books sell like hot cakes
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  • She wanted to "sell" (promote the sale of an item) the secrets she had discovered in the "cell" (a single room as in a prison or religious institution).
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