<p><strong>Verb:</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to transfer (goods) to or render (services) for another in exchange for money; dispose of to a purchaser for a price: He sold the car to me for $1000.</li><li>Synonyms: vend, exchange</li><li>Antonyms: buy</li><li>to deal in; keep or offer for sale: He sells insurance. This store sells my favorite brand.</li><li>to make a sale or offer for sale to: He'll sell me the car for $1000.</li><li>to persuade or induce (someone) to buy something: The salesman sold me on a more expensive model than I wanted.</li><li>to persuade or induce someone to buy (something): The clerk really sold the shoes to me by flattery.</li><li>to make sales of: The hot record sold a million copies this month.</li><li>to cause to be accepted, especially generally or widely: to sell an idea to the public.</li><li>to cause or persuade to accept; convince: to sell the voters on a candidate.</li><li>to accept a price for or make a profit of (something not a proper object for such action): to sell one's soul for political power.</li><li>to force or exact a price for: The defenders of the fort sold their lives dearly.</li><li>Informal: to cheat, betray, or hoax.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>an act or method of selling: Your home could be a profitable sell.</li><li>a security to be sold.</li><li>Informal: a cheat; hoax.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb Phrase:</strong></p><ul><li>to dispose of entirely by selling: They sold out of Johnny's brownies before the bake sale was half over.</li><li>to betray (an associate, one's country, one's principles, a cause, etc.): He would never sell out to the enemy.</li><li>British: to sell out: She was forced to sell up her entire stock of crystal.</li><li>to sell, especially at reduced prices, in order to get rid of: The city is selling off a large number of small lots at public auction.</li></ul>