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Definition of selling : of Sell

Synonyms:

trading, disposal, transfer, traffic, buying, sale, auction, merchandising

enticing, tempting, alluring, indoctrinating, inducing, convincing, winning over, enlisting, swaying, influencing, persuading, coaxing

dealing, auctioning, vending, marketing

contributing, catering, donating, deploying, feeding, endowing, replenishing, providing, clothing, delivering, reinforcing, supplying, boarding, dispensing, reloading

consigning, exchanging, changing hands, assigning, granting, transferring, handing over

enterprise, commerce, concern, company, service, management, profession, commission, holding, establishment, industry, retailing, vocation, situation, position, corporation, job, career, station, occupation, exchange, partnership, business, posting, livelihood, interest, consortium, assignment, barter, labor, calling, activity, trade, busy work, transaction, proprietorship, practice, negotiation, firm, merchant, venture, employment, specialty, affair, market

Usage examples:

• 1690. Did you ever know of people selling their lines to their neighbours? - "Second Shetland Truck System Report", William Guthrie.
• They have a good offer for it, but it is like selling members of the family to part with these trees. - "Molly Brown's Post-Graduate Days", Nell Speed.
• If there is any one in our employ here who is selling us, why, if we give him rope enough he will hang himself, sooner or later. - "Tales of Fantasy and Fact", Brander Matthews.