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Definition: TO SELL |
TO SELL1. (anything) out , to dispose of it wholly or entirely; as, he had sold out his corn, or his interest in a business. |
| Domain | Definition |
Business | To sell a bill of exchange before its due date, suffering a deduction for interest for the remaining term of the bill. Source: European Union. (references) |
Finance | To convey ownership of a security or other asset for money or value. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I've thought about this quite a bit sir and I would have to say considering what's waiting out there for me, I don't want to sell anything, buy anything or process anything as a career. (Say Anything; writing credit: Cameron Crowe.) Someone has been attempting to sell the plans of our tracking project to competing world powers; someone intimately associated with the project. (The Spy Who Loved Me; writing credit: Christopher Wood) They caught me siphoning ozone from their atmosphere to sell on the black market. (Men in Black II; writing credit: Lowell Cunningham; Robert Gordon) They're trying to sell sodas. (Signs; writing credit: M. Night Shyamalan) You didn't earn the knowledge for yourselves, so you don't take any responsibility for it. You stood on the shoulders of geniuses to accomplish something as fast as you could and before you even knew what you had you patented it and packaged it and slapped it on a plastic lunchbox, and now you're selling it, you want to sell it! (Jurassic Park; writing credit: Michael Crichton) | |
Lyrics | How to sell a contradication (Karma Chameleon; performing artist: Culture Club) A million lies to sell yourself (Stupid Girl; performing artist: Garbage) People have got to sell (Twist in my Sobriety; performing artist: Tanita Tikaram) You shouldn't have to sell your soul (Shout; performing artist: Tears For Fears) | |
Clever | Art is work, to sell it is art. (references; author: unknown) Excuses are the easiest things to manufacture, and the hardest things to sell. (references; author: unknown) He who has a thing to sell and goes and whispers in a well is not as apt to get the dollars as he who climbs a tree and hollers. (references; author: unknown) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Theater & Movies | |||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Tree rippened orange hand picked to sell as fruit. Credit: USDA. |  | Horse and mule traders from Atlanta set up temporary camp to sell to nearby farmers near Covington, Georgia. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Douglas, Georgia. Wife of sharecropper in town to sell their crop at the tobacco auction. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Salvage. Requisitioning auto graveyard. Standing among the piles of reclaimable materials at the Colmar Manor, Maryland auto graveyard of the Lenox Motor Company, a U.S. Marshal requisitions all scrap metal on hand. Donovan, the owner, had refused to sell. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | This family without food and work about to be returned to Oklahoma by the Relief Administration. They have lost a baby as a result of exposure during the winter. Had to sell their tent and car to buy food. Neideffer Camp, Holtville, Imperial Valley, Calif. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Making chairs to sell to tourists in a migrant camp on highway near Birmingham, Alabama. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Farmer who makes molasses to sell in Racine, West Virginia. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Mejex-El-Bab, Tunisia. A market operated by the Allied civilian relief groups to sell at cost food, clothing, kerosene, etc., supplied by the U.S. Office of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation Operations to natives and Europeans, victims of war deprivation. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Atlanta mule warehouse sends a camp into rural sections of Georgia for several weeks at a time to sell mules to farmers. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Farmer waiting to sell his tobacco at auction in warehouse in Danville, Virginia. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Thomas Lovell Beddoes | If there were dreams to sell, what would you buy? |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Any of the inhabitants of the Saar Basin who may desire to leave the territory will have full liberty to retain in it their immovable property or to sell it at fair prices, and to remove their movable property free of any charges. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | I have nothing but cart wheels to sell. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | She then asked my master whether he were willing to sell me at a good price. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | It is not cost effective to sell to a stand-alone service. (references) | |
Also, they must register as equipment suppliers with Pemex to sell to Pemex. (references) | ||
PIA intends to sell its catering services to other airlines operating in Pakistan. (references) | ||
Children | Jordan | Selling newspapers, tissues, small food items, or gum, the vendors, along with the other children who pick through trash dumpsters to find recyclable cans to sell, sometimes are the sole source of income for their families. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Switzerland | In Winterthur city authorities required Scientologists to apply for an annual permit to sell their books on public streets. (references) |
Laos | A few Asian and Western newspapers and magazines are available through private outlets that have government permission to sell them. (references) | |
Economic History | Israel | It also hopes to sell its remaining holdings in Bank Leumi. (references) |
India | Recently, road shows have been used effectively to sell products. (references) | |
Cote D'ivoire | Ocean Energy and Mondoil are looking to sell natural gas to Ghana. (references) | |
Human Rights | Pakistan | The NGO asserts that the actual reason for Shafiq's arrest was his refusal to sell land at the request of the influential person. (references) |
Ethiopia | Remaining family members were given arbitrary deadlines to sell property and sometimes were subjected to departure taxes based on estimated annual income and unpaid balances on government bank loans. (references) | |
Minorities | Iraq | Non-Arabs are not permitted to sell their homes except to Arabs, nor to register or inherit property. (references) |
Political Economy | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Foreign businesses, except those seeking to sell to the UAE Armed Forces, must have a UAE national sponsor. (references) |
FINLAND | However, in order for the deal to be finalized, the Finnish parliament must authorize the state to sell all of its holdings in Kemira. (references) | |
JAMAICA | Authorized dealers and cambios are required to sell a minimum of five percent of their foreign exchange purchases directly to the BOJ. (references) | |
Trade | Poland | A permit is necessary to sell imported alcoholic products. (references) |
Jamaica | Free zone companies are allowed to sell about 15 percent of their annual production in the local market. (references) | |
Saudi Arabia | The SAG has stated its intent to sell back the shares as the local capital markets are able to absorb them. (references) | |
Travel | South Africa | If a visitor wishes to sell his vehicle during his stay or upon departure, he must first obtain an import permit and pay the relevant duty. (references) |
Kenya | Since Kenyan wholesalers and retailers generally do a lower volume of business than their American counterparts, U.S. firms should be prepared to sell smaller lots than is the custom in the United States. (references) | |
Ireland | Since Irish wholesalers and retailers generally do a lower volume of business than their American counterparts, the U.S. exporter should be prepared to sell smaller lots than is the custom in the United States. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Honduras | In February 2000, a judge in San Pedro Sula was charged for allegedly kidnaping six minors with intent to sell them to unknown persons; no action has been taken in this case. (references) |
Dominican Republic | A primary concern of the Oversight Organization is preventing abuse of the child adoption process by those intending to sell or exploit children through prostitution or child pornography. (references) | |
Russia | Doctors and nurses have been known to sell health and safety equipment at hospitals to patients' families in order to supplement salaries that often remain below the minimum subsistence level. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | BEG, v. To ask for something with an earnestness proportioned to the belief that it will not be given. Who is that, father? A mendicant, child, Haggard, morose, and unaffable -- wild! See how he glares through the bars of his cell! With Citizen Mendicant all is not well. Why did they put him there, father? Because Obeying his belly he struck at the laws. His belly? Oh, well, he was starving, my boy -- A state in which, doubtless, there's little of joy. No bite had he eaten for days, and his cry Was "Bread!" ever "Bread!" What's the matter with pie? With little to wear, he had nothing to sell; To beg was unlawful -- improper as well. Why didn't he work? He would even have done that, But men said: "Get out!" and the State remarked: "Scat!" I mention these incidents merely to show That the vengeance he took was uncommonly low. Revenge, at the best, is the act of a Siou, But for trifles -- Pray what did bad Mendicant do? Stole two loaves of bread to replenish his lack And tuck out the belly that clung to his back. Is that all father dear? There's little to tell: They sent him to jail, and they'll send him to -- well, The company's better than here we can boast, And there's -- Bread for the needy, dear father? Um -- toast. Atka Mip |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Julianne Moore | I think I would second that. I mean I think it's very difficult though. I feel like there are people who write to sell papers, you know, or magazines. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | His purpose, therefore, was not to sell his goods to the inhabitants of Florida, but to citizens of the United States, in exchange for their productions, which could not be done without a direct and palpable breach of our laws. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | We must have adequate export financing to sell American products overseas. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | If they sink into recession, they won't be able to buy the goods we'd like to sell them. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Expressions using "TO SELL": order to sell ♦ To sell bargains ♦ to sell for a fall ♦ to sell for future delivery ♦ to sell for settlement ♦ to sell forward ♦ To sell one's life dearly ♦ To sell out ♦ To sell short. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "TO SELL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | باع. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Aymara | aljhaña. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 銷" (market, sales, sell), 銷 (to do away with, to melt), 賣 , 販 (deal in, to peddle, trade in), "銷 (to distribute), 推銷 (to market), 出賣 , 出" , "賣 , " . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | saelge (to find a market), sælge (dispose of, sell, vend), finde afsaetning (to find a market), at sælge (to sale), afhænde (to negotiate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | verkopen (dispose of, sell, transact money, vend), verdisconteren (discounting, to negotiate), in disconto geven (to negotiate), flink verkocht worden (to find a market), aftrek vinden (to find a market). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | siirtää tai luovuttaa omistusoikeutta (to sale), saada kysyntää (to find a market), myydä (dispose of, sell, vend), löytää markkinat (to find a market). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | trouver preneur (to find a market), se vendre (to find a market), s'écouler (to find a market), négocier (to negotiate), liquider (to clear for payment, to credit, to dispose of, to settle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | veräußern (alienate, bargain away, dispose of, sell, to alienate, vend), diskontieren (to negotiate), Absatz finden (market). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | διαπραγματεύομαι για πώληση (to negotiate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Guarani | revendese (do you want to sell), noñevendéi (it is not to sell). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | értékesít (market, sell, sold, to convert into money, to realize, utilise, utilize), árusít (sold, to vend), árul (dispose of, sell, sold, to vend, vend). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | vendersi (have steady sale, to find a market), vendere (deal in, dispose, dispose of, sale, sell, vend), smerciarsi (have steady sale, to find a market), smerciare (sell), realizzare (accomplish, achieve, actualize, carry out, clear, come off, come true, fulfil, fulfil oneself, fulfill, fulfill oneself, implement, realise, realize, to realise), negoziare (bargain, deal in, negotiate, trade), esitare (boggle, demur, falter, halt, hesitance, hesitate, scruple, shilly shally, wabble, waver, wobble). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 商う (to handle, to trade in), 売る . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | さばく (adherence to the shogunate, desert, to handle, to judge), うり"む (to become well known, to build a market for), うる (to acquire, to obtain), あきなう (to handle, to trade in), ゆずる (to assign, to convey, to dispose of, to hand over, to surrender, to transmit, to turn over, to yield). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maya | kon. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mohawk | -tenhninons. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | otay ellsay vender-se (sell, sell out), negociar (bargain, deal, dicker, huckster, merchandise, negotiate, parley, sell, trading, transact, truck), escoar-se (to find a market), encontrar comprador (to find a market). (various references) vender. (various references) biken va. (various references) rekiaa. (various references) -tengesa. (various references) venderse (come off, give oneself away, go, go for, sell, sell oneself), vender (dispose of, hive off, market, place, sell, trade, trade up, vend), realizar (accomplish, achieve, act out, actualize, answer, attain, bring into being, bring off, carry into effect, carry out, carry through, do, enable, enforce, execute, fulfil, fulfill, implement, level, perform, produce, realize, tackle, take on), negociar (bargain, deal, negotiate, treat), encontrar salida (to find a market). (various references) kú-tsengísa. (various references) sälja (dispose of, flog, hawk, issue, sell, sell up, transfer, vend), finna avsättning (to find a market). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | licito, vendere, vendo, venundabimus, venundabunt, venundaretur, venundari, venundati, venundatum, venundatus, venundetur. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Exodus Chapter 21, Verse 8 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Ean mh euaresthsh tw kuriw authV hn autw kaqwmologhsato apolutrwsei authn eqnei de allotriw ou kurioV estin pwlein authn oti hqethsen en auth |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Si displicuerit oculis domini sui cui tradita fuerit dimittet eam populo autem alieno vendendi non habet potestatem si spreverit eam |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | If she displese in the eyen of hir lord, to whom she was takun, he shal leeue hir; forsothe to an alyen puple he shal not haue power of sillyug, if he leeue hir. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Yf she please not hir master, so that he hath geuen her to no man to wife, then shal he let hir goo fre: to sell her vnto a straunge nacion shal he haue no power, because he despised her. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | If she shall not please her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her to a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | If she is not pleasing to her master who has taken her for himself, let a payment be made for her so that she may go free; her master has no power to get a price for her and send her to a strange land, because he has been false to her. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Exodus Chapter 21, Verse 8 |
| Cebuano | Kong siya dili makapahamuot sa iyang agalon, nga nangasawa kaniya, nan igatugot kaniya nga paglukaton siya; ang pagbaligya niining babaye sa katawohan nga dumuloong wala itugot sa lalake, sa nakita nga gilimbongan niya ang babaye. |
| Croatian | Ako se ne svidi svome gospodaru, koji ju je sebi bio odredio, neka joj dopusti da se otkupi. Nema prava prodati je strancima kad joj nije bio vjeran. |
| Danish | Dersom hun pådrager sig sin Herres Mishag, efter at han har haft Omgang med hende, skal han tillade, at hun købes fri; han har ikke Lov at sælge hende til fremmede Folk, når han har gjort Uret imod hende; |
| Dutch | Indien zij kwalijk bevalt in de ogen haars heren, dat hij haar niet ondertrouwd heeft, zo zal hij haar doen lossen; aan een vreemd volk haar te verkopen zal hij niet vermogen, dewijl hij trouweloos met haar gehandeld heeft. |
| Finnish | Jos hän ei miellytä isäntäänsä, sitten kuin tämä jo on määrännyt hänet itsellensä, niin tämä sallikoon lunastaa hänet pois. Vieraaseen kansaan älköön hänellä olko valtaa häntä myydä, kun hän hänet hylkää. |
| French | Si elle déplaît son maître, qui s`était proposé de la prendre pour femme, il facilitera son rachat; mais il n`aura pas le pouvoir de la vendre des étrangers, après lui avoir été infidèle. |
| German | Gefällt sie aber ihrem Herrn nicht und will er sie nicht zur Ehe nehmen, so soll er sie zu lösen geben. Aber unter ein fremdes Volk sie zu verkaufen hat er nicht Macht, weil er sie verschmäht hat. |
| Hungarian | Ha nem tetszik az õ urának, hogy eljegyezze õt magának, akkor váltassa ki; arra, hogy idegen népnek eladja, nincs hatalma, mivel hûtelen volt hozzá. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Kalau ia tidak menyenangkan tuannya yang berniat mengawininya, maka ia harus dijual kembali kepada orang tuanya. Perempuan itu tidak boleh dijual kepada orang asing, sebab ia sudah diperlakukan dengan tidak adil oleh tuannya yang tidak menepati janjinya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Jikalau tiada ia berkenan kepada tuannya, sehingga tuannya tiada bertunangkan dia, maka patutlah ditebuskannya ia; tiada boleh dijualnya kepada bangsa yang lain, sebab sudah dicelakannya. |
| Maori | Ki te kino ia ki te titiro a tona ariki, i taumau nei i a ia mana, na, me whakahoki ia mo tetahi utu: e kore e ahei te hoko i a ia ki tetahi iwi ke; mona hoki i tinihanga ki a ia. |
| Norwegian | Dersom hun mishager sin herre, som hadde utsett henne for sig selv, da skal han la henne få kjøpe sig fri; til et fremmed folk skal han ikke ha rett til å selge henne, siden han har vært troløs mot henne. |
| Portuguese | Se ela não agradar ao seu senhor, de modo que não se despose com ela, então ele permitirá que seja resgatada; vendê-la a um povo estrangeiro, não o poderá fazer, visto ter usado de dolo para com ela. |
| Rumanian | Dacq nu va plqcea stqpknului ei, care o luase de nevastq, el sq -i knlesneascq rqscumpqrarea; dar nu va avea dreptul s`o vkndq unor strqini, dacq nu-wi va yinea cuvkntul. |
| Russian | ЕУМЙ ПОБ ОЕ ХЗП"ОБ ЗПУ П"ЙОХ УЧПЕНХ Й ПО ОЕ П'ТХЮЙФ ЕЕ, ХУФШ ПЪЧПМЙФ ЧЩЛХ ЙФШ ЕЕ; Б ЮХЦПНХ ОБТП"Х ТП"БФШ ЕЕ ОЕ ЧМБУФЕО, ЛПЗ"Б УБН ТЕОЕ'ТЕЗ ЕЕ; |
| Spanish | Si ella no agrada a su señor, quien la había destinado para sí mismo, él ha de permitir que ella sea rescatada. No tendrá derecho de venderla a un pueblo extranjero, por haberla decepcionado. |
| Swedish | Misshagar hon sin herre, sedan denne förut har ingått förbindelse med henne, så låte han henne köpas fri. Till främmande folk have han icke makt att sälja henne, när han så har handlat trolöst mot henne. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-l-l-o-s-t" | |
-1 letter: losel, stole, tells, telos, toles, tolls. | |
-2 letters: ells, lest, lets, lose, lost, lots, oles, sell, sloe, slot, sole, tell, tels, toes, tole, toll. | |
-3 letters: ell, els, let, lot, oes, ole, ose, sel, set, sol, sot, tel, toe. | |
-4 letters: el, es, et, lo, oe, os, so, to. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-l-l-o-s-t" | |
+1 letter: collets, extolls, outsell, sellout, stollen, tollers. | |
+2 letters: blotless, collates, collects, drollest, floatels, jolliest, loftless, lowliest, loyalest, melilots, oldstyle, outsells, outspell, outtells, outyells, plotless, pollster, pollutes, reallots, rostella, sellouts, solleret, stollens, strolled, stroller, theelols, tollages, toluoles, toolless, trollers, trolleys, trollies. | |
+3 letters: allocates, allostery, allottees, allotters, allotypes, ballonets, balloters, bellworts, boltholes, callowest, closetful, cloudlets, collarets, extollers, fellatios, fellators, folktales, forestall, foretells, gallstone, hollowest, hostelled, hosteller, hostilely, jollities, localites, loneliest, lordliest, loudliest, loveliest, loyalties, luteolins, martellos, mellowest, millstone, oldstyles, oscillate, outspells, pilotless, pistolled, plotlines, pollsters, polluters, preallots, rostellar, rostellum, sallowest, softshell, soleplate, sollerets, solvently, steamroll, stonewall, strollers, teocallis, tollgates, tollhouse, tomalleys, volatiles, woolliest, yellowest. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 4F 53 45 4C 4C |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01001111 00100000 01010011 01000101 01001100 01001100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T O   S E L L |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 004F 0053 0045 004C 004C |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5449253394646 |
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