Meaning & use
sell
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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