n. 25B6; verb
they are selling their house : PUT UP FOR SALE, offer for sale, put on sale, dispose of, vend, auction (off); trade, barter.
he sells cakes : TRADE IN, deal in, traffic in, stock, carry, offer for sale, peddle, hawk, retail, market.
the book should sell well : GO, be bought, be purchased; move, be in demand.
it sells for £79.95 : COST, be priced at, retail at, go for, be.
he still has to sell the deal to Congress : PROMOTE; persuade someone to accept, talk someone into, bring someone round to, win someone over to, win approval for.
buy.
25A0; sell someone down the river (informal) . See double-cross .
25A0; sell out
we've sold out of petrol : HAVE NONE LEFT, be out of stock, have run out; informal be fresh out, be cleaned out.
the edition sold out quickly : BE BOUGHT UP, be depleted, be exhausted.
they say the band has sold out : ABANDON ONE'S PRINCIPLES, prostitute oneself, sell one's soul, betray one's ideals, be untrue to oneself; debase oneself, degrade oneself, demean oneself.
25A0; sell someone out BETRAY, inform on; be disloyal to, be unfaithful to, double-cross, break faith with, stab in the back; informal tell on, sell down the river, blow the whistle on, squeal on, stitch up, peach on, do the dirty on; Brit. informal grass on, shop; N. Amer. informal finger.
25A0; sell someone short UNDERVALUE, underrate, underestimate, disparage, deprecate, belittle; formal derogate.