verb / noun
sell
SEL/sel/
To offer something in exchange for payment.
The woman sells homegrown vegetables to the customer paying with coins.
Etymology
Old English sellan broadly meant to give or hand something over. The modern meaning narrowed that transfer to handing something over in return for money.
In context
You promised to sell them to me first. I'll pay double.
More examples
- The company sells cleaning services to local offices.
- She sold her old desk for fifty dollars.
- These handmade bowls sell for twenty dollars each.
Forms
sell · sells · sold · selling
seller noun — Someone who offers something for payment.
sale noun — An exchange of something for money.