I.
noun
Sell is used before these nouns: ↑ signal
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ cheaply
VERB + SELL
▪ be able to , can
▪ want to
▪ plan to
▪ try to
▪
They are still trying to ~ their house.
▪ be expected to , expect to
▪
The novel was expected to ~ between 1 000 and 1 500 copies.
▪ be willing to
▪ be forced to
▪
The company has been forced to ~ land to recoup some of the losses.
▪ be difficult to , be hard to
▪
It will be hard to ~ 3 000 tickets.
▪
The property was hard to ~.
▪ have the right to ~
▪
Your broker has the right to ~ your shares.
PREPOSITION
▪ at
▪
We ~ these little notebooks at €1 each.
▪ for
▪
They sold their house for $847 000.
▪ to
▪
She sold her car to a friend.
PHRASES
▪ ~ sth at a discount , ~ sth at a loss , ~ sth at a premium , ~ sth at a profit
▪
Some of these cars are actually being sold at a loss.
▪ be sold at auction
▪
The painting was sold at auction for $11.3 million.
▪ be sold over the counter
▪
This medicine is sold over the counter.
▪ buy and ~ (sth)
▪
Many banks are willing to buy and ~ shares on behalf of customers.
▪ ~ sb into slavery
▪
The boys were sold into slavery.
PHRASAL VERB
sell sth off
ADVERB
▪ cheaply
▪
Derelict inner-city sites could be sold off cheaply for housing.
Sell is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ company , ↑ dealer , ↑ firm , ↑ investor , ↑ shop , ↑ shopkeeper , ↑ stall , ↑ store
Sell is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ asset , ↑ beef , ↑ beer , ↑ bond , ↑ business , ↑ company , ↑ cookie , ↑ copy , ↑ cottage , ↑ crop , ↑ currency , ↑ electricity , ↑ equipment , ↑ flat , ↑ food , ↑ franchise , ↑ goods , ↑ house , ↑ idea , ↑ insurance , ↑ interest , ↑ inventory , ↑ land , ↑ lease , ↑ liquor , ↑ merchandise , ↑ model , ↑ mortgage , ↑ painting , ↑ pension , ↑ possession , ↑ postcard , ↑ produce , ↑ product , ↑ property , ↑ record , ↑ right , ↑ security , ↑ service , ↑ share , ↑ slave , ↑ software , ↑ soul , ↑ stake , ↑ stock , ↑ ticket , ↑ timber , ↑ unit , ↑ wares