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   Sell (sĕl), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sold (sōld); p. pr. & vb. n. Selling.] [OE. sellen, sillen, AS. sellan, syllan, to give, to deliver; akin to OS. sellian, OFries. sella, OHG. sellen, Icel. selja to hand over, to sell, Sw. sälja to sell, Dan. sælge, Goth. saljan to offer a sacrifice; all from a noun akin to E. sale.  Cf. Sale.]
   1. To transfer to another for an equivalent; to give up for a valuable consideration; to dispose of in return for something, especially for money.  It is the correlative of buy.
   
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   If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor. Matt. xix. 21.
   
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   I am changed; I'll go sell all my land. Shak.
   
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   ☞ Sell is corellative to buy, as one party buys what the other sells. It is distinguished usually from exchange or barter, in which one commodity is given for another; whereas in selling the consideration is usually money, or its representative in current notes.
   
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   2. To make a matter of bargain and sale of; to accept a price or reward for, as for a breach of duty, trust, or the like; to betray.
   
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   You would have sold your king to slaughter. Shak.
   
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   3. To impose upon; to trick; to deceive; to make a fool of; to cheat. [Slang]  Dickens.
   
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   To sell one's life dearly, to cause much loss to those who take one's life, as by killing a number of one's assailants. -- To sell (anything) out, to dispose of it wholly or entirely; as, he had sold out his corn, or his interest in a business.
   
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   Sold (?), imp. & p. p. of Sell.
   
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   Sold, n. [F. solde. See Soldier, and cf. Sou.] Solary; military pay. [Obs.]  Spenser.
   
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