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Selling

Definition: Selling

Selling

Noun

1. The exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "selling" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

 

Synonyms: Selling

Synonyms: marketing (n), merchandising (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Selling

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Barter

Trade, commerce, mercature, buying and selling, bargain and sale; traffic, business, nundination, custom, shopping; commercial enterprise, speculation, jobbing, stockjobbing, agiotage, brokery.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Selling

Specialty definitions using "selling": selling group, selling hedge, Selling the Pass. (references)

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Modern Usage: Selling

DomainUsage

Screenplays

We were selling rich women their own fat asses back to them (Fight Club; writing credit: Jim Uhls)

Young sir, you are most welcome, even if you are selling something (Sleepy Hollow; writing credit: Kevin Yagher)

That's what we're going to call it. We're going to specialize in selling worm farms (Dumb & Dumber; writing credit: Peter Farrelly; Bennett Yellin)

Create, instead of living off the buying and selling of others (Wall Street; writing credit: Stanley Weiser and Oliver Stone. Starring Charlie Sheen as Bud Fox, Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko, and Martin Sheen as Carl Fox.)

Anyone who says differently is selling something (The Princess Bride; writing credit: William Goldman)

Lyrics

He's not selling any alibis (Like a Rolling Stone; performing artist: Bob Dylan)

A man selling ice cream (Saturday In The Park; performing artist: Chicago)

People dancing, people laughing, A man selling ice cream ("Saturday in the Park"; performing artist: Chicago)

I'm just standing here selling (I Can't Dance; performing artist: Genesis)

When you come close to selling out ("I Hope You Dance"; performing artist: Lee Ann Womack)

Movie/TV Titles

Selling Out (1972)

The Selling Wizard (1954)

Twin Heads Selling Martial Arts (1948)

Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer (1992)

Selling Hitler (1991)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Selling

DomainTitle

References

  • Selling to PTT Telecom in Netherlands: A Strategic Entry Report, 1995 (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Rethinking the Sales Force: Redefining Selling to Create and Capture Customer Value (reference)

  • Join the Profit Club: The Top Achiever's Guide to Selling Success (reference)

  • Selling Homes 1-2-3 Insider Advice on Becoming a Surprisingly Better Part-Time or Full-Time Real Estate Agent: Insider Advice on Becoming a surprisin (reference)

  • Selling to the Affluent (reference)

  • A price guide for buying and selling rural acreage (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Selling

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A Panamanian Indian lady dressed in her finery A quick learner - it cost a dollar to take the picture Also selling molas. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Weighing and selling halibut on deck of George's Bank hand-line cod schooner Drawing by H. W. Elliott and Capt. J. W. Collins. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection.

Bethel Family Selling Dolls. Credit: Alaska Historical Image Library.

[A man wearing feathered headdress selling patent medicines] / [P. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Ben Shahn]..

[Huckster selling medical wares] / h.D. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Selling candles. Credit: Library of Congress.

Selling greens at the old Center Market, D.C. Credit: Library of Congress.

Jamaican women selling their meagre produce of vegetables in the Mandeville market. Credit: Library of Congress.

U.S.S. New York, "Lord Cassidy" selling pools, anniversary of Santiago, 1899. Credit: Library of Congress.

Franklin selling his ballads in the streets of Boston. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Selling
 

"Boy selling bread" by William J. Ray
Commentary: "I took this shot in Turkey outside a pre-fab housing development that had been erected after the area had been smashed by the earthquake of 99."
"Spices everywhere" by Luis Alexandre
Commentary: "It must be one of the supporting trades they live by.. selling spices and guiding tourists throught the city.. this was in Tangier's Medina."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Familiar Quotations: Selling

AuthorQuotation

Henry David Thoreau

Through want of enterprise and faith men are where they are, buying and selling and spending their lives like servants.

Oscar Wilde

The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a great deal too much for it.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Everyone lives by selling something.
Every one lives by selling something, whatever be his right to it.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Selling

AuthorDateQuotation

Magna Carta

1215

All merchants shall have safe and secure exit from England, and entry to England, with the right to tarry there and to move about as well by land as by water, for buying and selling by the ancient and right customs, quit from all evil tolls, except (in time of war) such merchants as are of the land at war with us. (reference)

John Locke

1690

Master and servant are names as old as history, but given to those of far different condition; for a freeman makes himself a servant to another, by selling him, for a certain time, the service he undertakes to do, in exchange for wages he is to receive: and though this commonly puts him into the family of his master, and under the ordinary discipline thereof; yet it gives the master but a temporary power over him, and no greater than what is contained in the contract between them. (Second Treatise of Government)

Communist Manifesto

1848

But if selling and buying disappears, free selling and buying disappears also. (reference)

Treaty of Versailles

1919

For dyestuffs and chemical drugs delivered under paragraph 2, the price shall be fixed by the Commission having regard to pre-war net export prices and subsequent variations of cost, or the lowest net selling price of similar dyestuffs and chemical drugs to any other purchaser. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Selling

TitleAuthorQuote

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

Through want of enterprise and faith men are where they are, buying and selling, and spending their lives like serfs

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Selling

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

The Federal ban on funding for needle exchange programs as well as restrictions on selling injection equipment are absolutely contraindicated and erect formidable barriers to implementing what is known to be effective. (references)

Business

Activities for children appear to be a good selling point. (references)

Its first phase is operating and selling power to Colombia. (references)

Most of the tour operators are now selling directly to the public. (references)

Children

Moldova

One orphanage director lost his job for selling the food earmarked for the children on the black market. (references)

Cuba

Police arrested two persons, and a court sentenced one of them to 1 year in jail for selling stolen goods. (references)

India

Nearly 200 children were rescued from several orphanages that were involved in the buying and selling of children for adoption. (references)

Civil Liberties

Guinea-Bissau

Some of the refugees earn money by selling handicrafts or through working in trades. (references)

Malaysia

During the year, several newspaper vendors have been the target of official raids for selling opposition party newspapers. (references)

Korea

Prosecutors continued to indict dissidents under the NSL for producing, selling, or distributing pro-North Korean or pro-Communist materials. (references)

Economic History

Greece

Door-to-door selling exists on a limited scale. (references)

Spain

New selling techniques are becoming very popular. (references)

India

The dropout rate in this method of selling is high. (references)

Human Rights

Belarus

He was accused publicly of selling stolen car parts. (references)

South Africa

PAC members allegedly involved in the illegal selling of the plots denied receiving any money for the sales. (references)

Mexico

On August 8, a court acquitted Suarez Gomez of the charges of selling posts, but he remained in custody on related illegal enrichment charges at year's end. (references)

Indigenous People

Venezuela

Members of the Warao indigenous group of Delta Amacuro state continued to migrate during the year from their homelands in the swampy Orinoco delta to Caracas, where they live in the streets, selling handicrafts and begging. (references)

Political Economy

SINGAPORE

Direct selling and multi-level marketing companies face restrictions. (references)

AUSTRALIA

It is now in the process of selling the remaining federally-owned airports around Sydney. (references)

Trade

Czech Rep

GSM financing is available to U.S. firms selling into the Czech Republic. (references)

Romania

Banks may use their own daily forex rate, when buying or selling foreign currency. (references)

Ecuador

Financing is a key ingredient in selling to both the government and the private sector. (references)

Travel

Egypt

The death penalty may be imposed on anyone convicted of smuggling or selling marijuana, hashish, opium, LSD, or other narcotics. (references)

Guinea

The key to sales in the mining, donor project, and general markets are French language ability, patience with the long selling time necessary, and very clear contractual terms, including an irrevocable letter of credit and/or advance payment on a U.S. bank. (references)

Women

Poland

Paying for sexual activity is illegal, as is pimping; however, selling sex is not illegal. (references)

Worker Rights

Korea

Some children are allowed to hold part-time jobs such as selling newspapers. (references)

Laos

Some illegal immigrant Vietnamese children work selling goods on the streets of Vientiane. (references)

Pakistan

Press reports indicate that the buying and selling of brides persists in parts of the NWFP and Punjab. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

PROPHECY, n. The art and practice of selling one's credibility for future delivery.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Selling

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Representative John Kasich

Well, I don't know, Bob. But as I told a Bush adviser yesterday, if the Republican Party is not capable of selling tax cuts, then we've got to take another look at the Republican Party. We can do it.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Selling

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

George W. Bush

2001-2005Selling into new markets creates new jobs, so I ask Congress to finally approve trade promotion authority.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Selling

"Selling" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 92.71% of the time. "Selling" is used about 4,191 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (-ing form)92.71%3,8852,516
Noun (singular)3.05%12828,261
Noun (proper)2.79%11729,823
Adjective (general or positive)1.45%6143,149
                    Total100.00%4,191N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Selling

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "selling".
 
NameGenderLanguageMeaning
MachirN/ABiblical

Selling

MecherathN/ABiblical

Selling

MichriN/ABiblical

Selling

ZebinaN/ABiblical

Selling

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

 

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Expressions: Selling

Expressions using "selling": be selling like hot cakes buying and selling cash selling direct selling installment selling instalment selling job selling mail order selling planned selling retail selling selling agent selling charges selling expenses selling fee selling group selling hedge selling like hot cakes selling of selling point selling price selling race selling rate selling short selling syndicate shop selling yarn short selling tied selling. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "selling": selling-off, selling-points, selling-prices, selling-up.

Ending with "selling": biggest-selling, big-selling, cross-selling, mass-selling, million-selling, re-selling, short-selling, slow-selling, top-selling.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Selling

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

home selling

1,071

atm calling cold commission corporate ct data direct ds3 frame frame ip ma not our present quota relay resume ri sales sales sales sales sales sell selling sold sonet t1 telecom telecomm telecommunication us voip vpn we

83

selling

869

apply atm ca data description distance education experience experience frame ip job job job job listing long mail now objective opening opportunity quota reference relay resume resume resume sales sell selling skill sold sonet submit t1 voice voip vpn wor

80

selling a car

644

home selling price

74

house selling

536

atm ca data distance frame ip long not our present quota relay resume sales sell selling sold sonet t1 us voice voip vpn we

71

selling online

370

cross selling

69

selling on ebay

370

home selling by owner

69

selling business

305

top selling album

66

selling a used car

266

best selling album of all time

65

best selling book

264

direct selling association

65

selling on the internet

243

selling your book

64

selling mortgage note

242

selling power

64

selling time share

202

buying selling business

64

selling your own home

165

selling textbook

62

selling real estate

142

selling product online

62

selling skill

140

cleveland home selling

62

home selling tip

124

best selling album

60

selling technique

117

selling property

59

short selling

96

solution selling

58

house selling tip

86

selling on the web

58

direct selling

84
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Selling

Language Translations for "selling"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

shitje me këste (instalment selling), shitem hallogrep (be selling like hot cakes). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏بيع (sale). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

пласиране (disposal, marketing). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

(sold, sold-out). (various references)

   

Czech

  

prodej na splátky (installment selling, instalment selling). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

myynti (sale, sales, turnover). (various references)

   

French

  

vente. (various references)

   

German

  

verkaufende, verkaufend, verkaufen (dispose of, hawk, market, part with, peddle, prostitute, prostitution, purvey, redeem, sale, sell, sell off, to sale, to sell, to sell (sold, vend), verkauf (redemption, sale). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

πώληση (sale, vendition). (various references)

   

Guarani

  

ñemu. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

eladás (sale, salesmanship, vendition, vent). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

larap (in demand), berjualan. (various references)

   

Italian

  

vendita (demand, sale). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

販売 (marketing, sale). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

うりさばき, うり (melon, sale), (arc, big, business, child, counter for houses, counter for mil. units, crime, fault, great, individual, large, old, price, sin, the late, the young of animals), はんばい (marketing, sale). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

매출. (various references)

   

Manx

  

seiyjys (aggressiveness, aggressiveness selling). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ellingsay.(various references)

   

Russian 

  

продавать продажа (sell). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

reic (dispose of, sell, vend). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

prodavanje (salesmanship), prodaja (print, sale). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

de venta, de fácil venta. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

säljande (catchpenny). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

satıcılık (dealership, salesmanship), satış yöntemi (sell), satış (disposal, sale, sell). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

продаж (market, realization, sale). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: Selling

LanguageDateSourceLeviticus Chapter 25, Verse 48
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintMeta to praqhnai autw lutrwsiV estai autw eiV twn adelfwn autou lutrwsetai auton
Latin405VulgatePost venditionem potest redimi qui voluerit ex fratribus suis redimet eum
Middle English1395WyclifAfter the selling he may be ayenbouyt; who so wole of his britheren, bigge he hym;
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAfter that he is solde he maye be redemed agayne. one of his brethren maye bye him out:
Jacobean English1611King JamesAfter that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him:
Victorian English1833WebsterAfter that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him:
Basic English1964OgdenAfter he has given himself he has the right to be made free, for a price, by one of his brothers,

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Selling

LanguageLeviticus Chapter 25, Verse 48
CebuanoSa human mabaligya siya, mahimo nga pagalukaton siya: ang usa sa iyang mga igsoon makalukat kaniya:
Croatianon ima pravo i nakon prodaje biti otkupljen. Neka ga otkupi netko od njegove braæe;
Danishså gælder Indløsningsretten for ham efter Salget; en af hans Brødre må indløse ham,
DutchNadat hij zich zal verkocht hebben, zal er lossing voor hem zijn; een van zijn broeders zal hem lossen;
Finnishniin olkoon hän, sen jälkeen kuin hän myi itsensä, lunastettavissa; joku hänen veljistään lunastakoon hänet.
Frenchil y aura pour lui le droit de rachat, après qu`il se sera vendu: un de ses frères pourra le racheter.
Germanso soll er nach seinem Verkaufen Recht haben, wieder frei zu werden, und es mag ihn jemand unter seinen Brüdern lösen,
Haitian CreoleApre li vann tèt li a, l'a toujou gen avantaj moun ka reachte l' pou ba li libète l'. Se bagay yonn nan frè li yo,
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariorang Israel itu tetap mempunyai hak untuk ditebus. Seorang dari saudaranya yang laki-laki,
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lamasetelah dijualnya dirinya hendaklah ada tebusan baginya; maka hendaklah ia ditebus oleh salah seorang dari pada segala saudaranya.
Italiandopo che si è venduto, ha il diritto di riscatto; lo potrà riscattare uno dei suoi fratelli
Korean팔 린 후 에 그 를 속 량 할 수 있 나 니 그 형 제 중 하 나 가 속 하 거 나
MaoriE whakahokia ano ia mo te utu i muri i tona hokonga; ma tetahi o ona teina ia e whakahoki.
Norwegianda skal han kunne løses ut efterat han har solgt sig. En av hans brødre skal løse ham ut,
Portuguesedepois que se houver vendido, poderá ser remido; um de seus irmãos o poderá remir;   
Rumanianel sq aibq dreptul de rqscumpqrare, dupq ce se va fi vkndut: unul din frayii lui sq poatq sq -l rqscumpere.
RussianФП РПУМЕ РТПДБЦЙ НПЦОП ЧЩЛХРЙФШ ЕЗП; ЛФП-ОЙВХДШ ЙЪ ВТБФШЕЧ ЕЗП ДПМЦЕО ЧЩЛХРЙФШ ЕЗП,
Spanishpodrá ser rescatado después de haberse vendido. Uno de sus hermanos lo podrá rescatar.
Swedishså skall han sedan, efter det att han har sålt sig, kunna lösas ut; någon av hans bröder må lösa honom;

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Selling

Derivations

Words ending with "selling": bookselling, chiselling, cocounselling, counselling, detasselling, handselling, hanselling, hirselling, houselling, morselling, outselling, overselling, preselling, reselling, tasselling, teaselling, tinselling, underselling, unselling, weaselling. (additional references)

Words containing "selling": booksellings, counsellings. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Selling" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: nselling, Saling, sallin, sedling, Seeling, seiling, Seillean, selengor, selfing, Selig, selin, selina, Selkin, Sellaeg, sellant, sellen, Sellens, selli, Sellin, Sellindge, sellings, sellinmg, Sellion, selung, Semlin, Senlin, skelligs. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Selling"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "selling" (pronounced se"ling)
5s e" l i ngexcelling, outselling, reselling.
4-e" l i ngBelling, compelling, dispelling, dwelling, expelling, felling, foretelling, helling, Melling, misspelling, propelling, quelling, rappelling, rebelling, repelling, retelling, shelling, smelling, Snelling, spelling, swelling, telling, welling, yelling.
3-l i ngannealing, appalling, appealing, ailing, ambling, angling, assailing, assembling, babbling, backpedaling, baffling, bailing, baling, balling, bankrolling, barreling, battling, beguiling, belittling, bicycling, billing, blackmailing, boggling, boiling, Bolling, bottling, bowling, brawling, bristling, broiling, bubbling, buckling, bugling, bumbling, bundling, bungling, burgling, burling, bustling, cackling, cajoling, calling, canceling, cancelling, Carling, ceiling, channeling, chilling, chortling, chronicling, chuckling, circling, coddling, commingling, compiling, concealing, consoling, controlling, cooling, corralling, counseling, countervailing, coupling, cowling, crackling, cradling, crawling, crippling, crumbling, cuddling, culling, curling, curtailing, cycling, dabbling, dangling, darling, dawdling, dazzling, dealing, decoupling, derailing, detailing, Dialing, disabling, disgruntling, dismantling, dissembling, distilling, doling, doubling, dribbling, drilling, drizzling, drooling, duckling, dueling, dulling, dumpling, dwindling, earthling, emailing, embezzling, empaneling, enabling, encircling, enrolling, entailing, entangling, entitling, equaling, extolling, failing, falling, feeling, fiddling, filing, filling, fizzling, flailing, fledgling, foaling, foiling, fondling, fooling, forestalling, fouling, foundling, freewheeling, fueling, fuelling, fulfilling, fumbling, funneling, galling, gambling, giggling, gobbling, grappling, Grayling, grilling, groundling, groveling, growling, grueling, grumbling, gurgling, guzzling, haggling, hailing, handling, hassling, hauling, healing, heckling, hilling, hobbling, holing, howling, huddling, humbling, hurdling, hurling, hurtling, hustling, idling, imperiling, inhaling, initialing, inkling, installing, instilling, intermingling, jailing, jiggling, jostling, juggling, Keeling, killing, kindling, kneeling, labeling, leveling, lolling, Lulling, mailing, mangling, Marling, marshaling, meddling, middling, milling, mingling, mishandling, mislabeling, modeling, mothballing, mottling, muddling, mulling, mumbling, muscling, nailing, needling, nestling, nibbling, nonruling, oiling, overbilling, overhauling, overkilling, overruling, overselling, paddling, paneling, panhandling, paralleling, parboiling, parceling, paroling, patrolling, pearling, pedaling, peddling, peeling, pickling, piddling, piling, Pilling, Pindling, poling, polling, pooling, prevailing, profiling, prowling, pulling, pummeling, puzzling, quadrupling, quarreling, quibbling, quilling, Quisling, railing, rambling, rankling, rattling, raveling, recalling, reconciling, recycling, redoubling, reeling, refueling, regaling, rekindling, remodeling, repealing, rescheduling, resembling, reshuffling, retailing, retooling, revealing, reveling, ridiculing, Riesling, rifling, rilling, rippling, rivaling, roiling, rolling, rototilling, ruffling, ruling, rumbling, rustling, saddling, sailing, sampling, Sandling, sapling, scaling, scheduling, Schilling, schooling, scowling, scrambling, scribbling, scuttling, sealing, seedling, Seeling, settling, shilling, shoveling, shriveling, shuffling, shuttling, sibling, signaling, signalling, singling, sizzling, skilling, smiling, smuggling, snarling, snowballing, sparkling, Sparling, spilling, spiraling, spiralling, spoiling, sprawling, sprinkling, squabbling, squealing, stalling, stapling, starling, startling, stealing, stenciling, sterling, stifling, stockpiling, stonewalling, storytelling, straddling, strangling, strickling, stripling, strolling, struggling, stumbling, styling, suckling, surveilling, swashbuckling, swilling, swindling, swirling, swiveling, tabling, tackling, tailing, tangling, thrilling, throttling, Tilling, tingling, tinkling, toddling, toggling, toiling, tolling, tooling, toppling, totaling, totalling, toweling, trailing, trampling, traveling, travelling, trembling, trickling, trifling, trilling, tripling, trolling, troubling, tumbling, tunneling, twiddling, twinkling, twirling, unappealing, unavailing, unbundling, underling, underselling, unfailing, unfeeling, unfurling, unraveling, unsettling, unsmiling, untangling, unveiling, unwilling, veiling, waffling, waggling, wailing, walling, warbling, weakling, whaling, wheeling, whirling, whistling, whittling, wholesaling, wiggling, wiling, willing, wobbling, wrangling, wrestling, wrinkling, yearling, yodeling.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Selling

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-g-i-l-l-n-s"

-1 letter: ingles, single.

-2 letters: gills, glens, ingle, lenis, liens, lines, lings, lisle, nills, segni, sengi, singe, sling, snell.

-3 letters: egis, ells, engs, gels, gens, gien, gies, gill, gins, glen, ills, isle, legs, leis, lens, lien, lies, line, ling, lins, nill, nils, sell, sign, sill, sine, sing.

-4 letters: ell, els, eng, ens, gel, gen, gie, gin.

 Words containing the letters "e-g-i-l-l-n-s"
 

+1 letter: galleins, gillnets, shelling, smelling, snelling, spelling, swelling.

 

+2 letters: allergins, dwellings, gingellis, glutelins, longlines, reselling, signalled, signaller, spellings, swellings, unselling.

 

+3 letters: bushelling, chiselling, collegians, dispelling, flagellins, fledglings, galenicals, galingales, gallamines, gallinules, gingellies, gruellings, hanselling, hirselling, hostelling, houselling, legalising, morselling, outselling, panellings, pellagrins, pleasingly, preselling, ravellings, respelling, retellings, shovelling, signallers, snivelling, sterlingly, swivelling, tasselling, teaselling, tinselling, towellings, trellising, unshelling, upswelling, upwellings, villenages, weaselling, wellspring, willingest.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Quotations: Familiar
10. Quotations: Historic
11. Quotations: Fiction
12. Quotations: Non-fiction
13. Quotations: Spoken
14. Quotations: Speeches
15. Usage Frequency
16. Names: Derived from
17. Expressions
18. Expressions: Internet
19. Translations: Modern
20. Bible Trace
21. Derivations
22. Rhymes
23. Anagrams
24. Bibliography


  

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