Meaning & use

sell

verb·Everyday

To give something to someone in exchange for money.

See it in a sentence

The farmer sells fresh vegetables at the market every Saturday morning.

They decided to sell their old car before buying a new one.

A note on using this word

Sell takes a direct object for the item exchanged and often uses 'to' before the buyer, as in 'sell it to a neighbor.'

Words with a similar meaning

vendtrade

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Words with an opposite meaning

buy

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