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English Dictionary: selling by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
selling
n
  1. the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money [syn: selling, merchandising, marketing]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sell \Sell\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sold}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Selling}.] [OE. sellen, sillen, AS. sellan, syllan, to give,
      to deliver; akin to OS. sellian, OFries. sella, OHG. sellen,
      Icel. selja to hand over, to sell, Sw. s[84]lja to sell, Dan.
      s[?]lge, Goth. saljan to offer a sacrifice; all from a noun
      akin to E. sale. Cf. {Sale}.]
      1. To transfer to another for an equivalent; to give up for a
            valuable consideration; to dispose of in return for
            something, especially for money.
  
                     If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast,
                     and give to the poor.                        --Matt. xix.
                                                                              21.
  
                     I am changed; I'll go sell all my land. --Shak.
  
      Note: Sell is corellative to buy, as one party buys what the
               other sells. It is distinguished usually from exchange
               or barter, in which one commodity is given for another;
               whereas in selling the consideration is usually money,
               or its representative in current notes.
  
      2. To make a matter of bargain and sale of; to accept a price
            or reward for, as for a breach of duty, trust, or the
            like; to betray.
  
                     You would have sold your king to slaughter. --Shak.
  
      3. To impose upon; to trick; to deceive; to make a fool of;
            to cheat. [Slang] --Dickens.
  
      {To sell one's life dearly}, to cause much loss to those who
            take one's life, as by killing a number of one's
            assailants.
  
      {To sell} (anything) {out}, to dispose of it wholly or
            entirely; as, he had sold out his corn, or his interest in
            a business.
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