Tra từ sell - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

sell [sell sells sold selling] verb, noun BrE [sel] NAmE [sel]
verb (sold, soldBrE [səʊld] ; NAmE [soʊld] )

EXCHANGE FOR MONEY
1. transitive, intransitive to give sth to sb in exchange for money
•~ sth (to sb) (for sth) I sold my car to James for £800.
•~ sb sth (for sth) I sold James my car for £800.
•~ (sth) (at sth) They sold the business at a profit/loss (= they gained/lost money when they sold it).
•We offered them a good price but they wouldn't sell.

OFFER FOR SALE
2. transitive ~ sth to offer sth for people to buy
• Most supermarkets sell a range of organic products.
• Do you sell stamps?
•to sell insurance
compare ↑cross-selling

BE BOUGHT
3. transitive, intransitive to be bought by people in the way or in the numbers mentioned; to be offered at the price mentioned
•~ (sth) The magazine sells 300 000 copies a week.
• Their last album sold millions.
•The book sold well and was reprinted many times.
•The new design just didn't sell (= nobody bought it).
•~ for/at sth The pens sell for just 50p each.

PERSUADE
4. intransitive, transitive to make people want to buy sth
•You may not like it but advertising sells.
•~ sth It is quality not price that sells our products.
5. transitive ~ sth/yourself (to sb) to persuade sb that sth is a good idea, service, product, etc; to persuade sb that you are the right person for a job, position, etc
• Now we have to try and sell the idea to management.
• You really have to sell yourself at a job interview.

TAKE MONEY/REWARD
6. transitive ~ yourself (to sb) (disapproving)to accept money or a reward from sb for doing sth that is against your principles
Syn: ↑prostitute
see also ↑sale
more at go/sell like hot cakes at ↑hot _adj., sell sb/buy a pup at ↑pup
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Old English sellan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse selja ‘give up, sell’. Early use included the sense ‘give, hand (something) over voluntarily following a request’.

Thesaurus:
sell verb
1. T, I
•I sold my car to Jim for £800.
sell sth off • • auction sth off • • sell up • |especially BrE auction • |finance liquidate •
sell sth/sell sth off/auction sth off/auction sth to sb/a place
sell sth/auction sth off/auction sth for £100, $47, etc.
sell/sell off/auction/liquidate property/assets
2. T
•The shop sells a range of products.
trade • • deal in sth • • export • • import • • handle • • stock • • carry • |business retail • |old-fashioned disapproving peddle • • hawk •
sell/trade/deal in/export/import/handle/stock/retail goods
sell/trade/deal in shares/futures/stocks/bonds/securities
sell/deal in furniture/antiques/property
sell/carry/stock/retail a range/line of goods
3. I
•The painting sold for £8 000 at auction.
cost • • go • |business trade • • retail • |especially spoken be •
sth sells/trades/retails at £9.95
sth sells/goes/retails for £9.95

Example Bank:
•It will be hard to sell 3 000 tickets.
•Many banks are willing to buy and sell shares on behalf of customers.
•She sold her car to a friend.
•Some of these cars are actually being sold at a loss.
•The company has been forced to sell land to recoup some of the losses.
•The novel was expected to sell between 1 000 and 1 500 copies.
•The painting was sold at auction for $11.3 million.
•The property proved hard to sell.
•They are still trying to sell their house.
•They sold their house for $847 000.
•This medicine is sold over the counter.
•We sell these little notebooks at €1 each.
•Your broker has the right to sell your shares.
•He works for a company that sells insurance.
•Most grocery stores sell a range of organic products.
•They sold the business at a profit/loss.
•We offered them a good price but they wouldn't sell.
Idioms: ↑sell somebody down the river ▪ ↑sell somebody short ▪ ↑sell your body ▪ ↑sell your soul ▪ ↑sold on something
Derived: ↑sell out ▪ ↑sell something off ▪ ↑sell something on ▪ ↑sell something up ▪ ↑sell up ▪ ↑sold out

noun singular (informal)
something that is not as good as it seemed to be
• The band only played for about half an hour— it was a real sell.
see also ↑hard sell

Word Origin:
Old English sellan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse selja ‘give up, sell’. Early use included the sense ‘give, hand (something) over voluntarily following a request’.