name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sell
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/sɛl/
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homophone: cel
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homophone: cell
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CMU ARPABET: S EH1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
An act of selling; sale.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
The promotion of an idea for acceptance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, figuratively
Examples
- This is going to be a tough sell.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
An easy task.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
An imposition, a cheat; a hoax; a disappointment; anything occasioning a loss of pride or dignity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial, dated
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noun
Meaning 6
A seat or stool.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 7
A saddle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
Meaning 8
A rope (usually for tying up cattle, but can also mean any sort of rope).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, regional
Examples
- He picked up the sell from the straw-strewn barn-floor, snelly sneaked up behind her and sleekly slung it around her swire while scryingː "dee, dee ye fooking quhoreǃ".
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 9
To transfer goods or provide services in exchange for money.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ditransitive, intransitive, transitive
Examples
- She sold her old car very quickly.
- I'll sell you three books for a hundred dollars.
- Sorry, I'm not prepared to sell.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: peddle, vend
Antonyms: buy, purchase, aby, cheap, procure, snap up
verb
Meaning 10
To be sold.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ergative
Examples
- This old stock will never sell.
- The corn sold for a good price.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 11
To promote (a product or service) although not being paid in any direct way or at all.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 12
To promote (a particular viewpoint).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- My boss is very old-fashioned and I'm having a lot of trouble selling the idea of working at home occasionally.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 13
To betray for money or other things.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sell the pass, sell down the river, sell out, assfuck, betray, burn, cop out, cross out, cross up, double-cross, do someone dirty, do the dirty on, false, go back on, knife, let down, play someone false, quisle, renegade, sell, sell down, stab in the back, swike, traitorize, turncoat
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 14
To trick, cheat, or manipulate someone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang, transitive
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verb
Meaning 15
To pretend that an opponent's blows or maneuvers are causing legitimate injury; to act.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang, transitive
Topics: government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, professional-wrestling, sports, war, wrestling
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verb
Meaning 16
To throw under the bus; to let down one's own team in an endeavour, especially in a sport or a game.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, slang
Examples
- He's selling!
- He really sold in that match.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 17
the activity of persuading someone to buy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- it was a hard sell
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sale
verb
Meaning 18
persuade somebody to accept something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The French try to sell us their image as great lovers
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: persuade
verb
Meaning 19
give up for a price or reward
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- She sold her principles for a successful career
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: surrender, cede, deliver, give up
verb
Meaning 20
exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- He sold his house in January
- She sells her body to survive and support her drug habit
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: buy
Broader terms: exchange, change, interchange
Narrower terms: clear, negociate, scalp, bootleg, sell short, remainder, resell, syndicate, deaccession, sell off, foist off, palm off, fob off, realize, realise, auction, auction off, auctioneer, retail, wholesale, sacrifice, dump, underprice, undersell, undercut, dispose, move, prostitute
verb
Meaning 21
do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- She deals in gold
- The brothers sell shoes
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: deal, trade
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: transact
Narrower terms: push, deal, black marketeer, pyramid, market, peddle, monger, huckster, hawk, vend, pitch
verb
Meaning 22
deliver to an enemy by treachery
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Judas sold Jesus
- The spy betrayed his country
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: betray
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: deceive, lead on, delude, cozen
Narrower terms: double cross
verb
Meaning 23
be sold at a certain price or in a certain way
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- These books sell like hot cakes
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: be
Narrower terms: retail, trade
verb
Meaning 24
be responsible for the sale of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- All her publicity sold the products
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: be
verb
Meaning 25
be approved of or gain acceptance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The new idea sold well in certain circles
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: be
History
Etymology
From Middle English sellen, from Old English sellan (“give; give up for money”), from Proto-West Germanic *salljan, from Proto-Germanic *saljaną, from Proto-Indo-European *selh1-. Cognates Cognate with Scots sell (“to sell”), Danish sælge (“to sell”), Norwegian Bokmål selge (“to sell”), Norwegian Nynorsk selja, selje (“to sell”), Swedish sälja (“to sell”), Faroese and Icelandic selja (“to sell”), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (saljan, “to pay tribute, make an offer”).
From French selle, from Latin sella.
From Old Saxon seill or Old Norse seil. Cognate with Dutch zeel (“rope”), German Seil (“rope”).
Across languages
Translations
259 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Abkhaz: аҭира (atira) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Afrikaans: verkoop — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Aghwan: 𐔸𐕒𐔲𐕒𐕡𐔳𐔰𐕘𐔴𐕚𐕒𐕡𐕎 (togudaġesun) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Albanian: shes — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Amharic: መሸጥ (mäšäṭ) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Arabic: بَاعَ (bāʕa) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Arabic: باع (bāʕ) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Arabic: باع (bāʕ) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Armenian: վաճառել (vačaṙel) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Armenian: ծախել (caxel) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Aromanian: vindu — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Assamese: বেচ (bes) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Assamese: বিক্ৰী কৰ (bikri kor) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Asturian: vender — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Avar: бичизе (bičize) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Azerbaijani: satmaq — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Bashkir: һатыу (hatıw) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Basque: saldu — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Belarusian: прадава́ць (pradavácʹ) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Belarusian: прада́ць (pradácʹ) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Bengali: বেচা (beca) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Bhojpuri: बेचल (bēcal) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Breton: gwerzhañ — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Bulgarian: прода́вам (prodávam) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Bulgarian: прода́м (prodám) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Burmese: ရောင်း (raung:) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Catalan: vendre — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Cebuano: baligya — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Chechen: дохка (doxka) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Cherokee: ᎤᎾᏕᎦ (unadega) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Chinese Cantonese: 賣 /卖 (maai6) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Chinese: мэ (me) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Chinese: 賣 /卖 (zh-min-nan) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Chinese Mandarin: 賣 /卖 (mài) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Chinese Mandarin: 售 (shòu) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Chinese Mandarin: 贩卖 (fànmài) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Maore Comorian: uudza — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Cornish: gwertha — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Czech: prodávat — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Czech: prodat — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Dalmatian: vandro — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Danish: sælge — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Dutch: verkopen — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Esperanto: vendi — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Estonian: müüma — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Extremaduran: vendel — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Farefare: koose — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Faroese: selja — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Finnish: myydä — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- French: vendre — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- North Frisian: ferkuupe — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Friulian: vendi — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Galician: vender — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Georgian: გაყიდვა (gaq̇idva) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Georgian: ვაჭრობა (vač̣roba) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- German: verkaufen — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- German: vertreiben — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌿𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (frabugjan) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Greek: πουλάω (pouláo) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Ancient Greek: πωλέω (pōléō) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Ancient Greek: πιπράσκω (pipráskō) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Gujarati: વેચવું (vecvũ) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Haitian Creole: vann — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Hawaiian: kūʻai — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Hebrew: מכר (makhár) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Higaonon: baligya — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Hindi: बेचना (becnā) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Hungarian: ad — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Hungarian: elad — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Hungarian: pénzzé tesz — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Hungarian: árul — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Hungarian: árusít — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Hungarian: kereskedik — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Icelandic: selja — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Indonesian: jual — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Indonesian: menjual — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Ingrian: möövvä — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Ingush: дохка (doxka) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Irish: díol — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Italian: vendere — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Iu Mien: maaic — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Japanese: 売る (uru) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Javanese: edol — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Old Javanese: dol — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Kabuverdianu: bende — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Kabuverdianu: bendi — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Kabuverdianu: vendê — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Kabyle: zzenz — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Kazakh: сату (satu) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Kazakh: сатпақ болу (satpaq bolu) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Khmer: លក់ (lŭək) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Kongo: kuteka — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Korean: 팔다 (palda) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Korean: 판매하다 (panmaehada) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Kumyk: сатмакъ (satmaq) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Northern Kurdish: firotin — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Kyrgyz: сатуу (satuu) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Kyrgyz: сатып бер- (satıp ber-) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Ladino: ב׳ינדיר (vender) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Ladino: vender — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Lao: ຂາຍ (khāi) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Latgalian: puordūt — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Latin: vendō — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Latvian: pārdot — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Lithuanian: parduoti — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Lombard: vend — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Luxembourgish: verkafen — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Macedonian: продава (prodava) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Macedonian: продаде (prodade) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Malay: menjual — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Māori: hoko — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Marathi: विकणे (vikṇe) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Mauritian Creole: vande — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Mizo: zuar — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Mizo: hralh — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Mongolian: худалдах (xudaldax) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Mongolian: зарах (zarax) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Moore: koose — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Norman: vendre — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Norwegian Bokmål: selge — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Norwegian Nynorsk: selja — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Occitan: vénder — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Occitan: vendre — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Ojibwe: adaawaage — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Church Slavic: вѣнити (věniti) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Oromo: gurguruu — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Ossetian: ауӕй кӕнын (awæj kænyn) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Pannonian Rusyn: предавац (predavac) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Pannonian Rusyn: предац (predac) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Papiamentu: bende — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Pashto: پلورل (plorël) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Dari: فُروخْتَن (furōxtan) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Iranian Persian: فُروخْتَن (foruxtan) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Piedmontese: vende — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Polish: sprzedawać — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Polish: sprzedać — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Portuguese: vender — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Punjabi: ਵੇਚਣਾ (vecṇā) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Quechua: rantikuy — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Quechua: ranqhay — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Quechua: qhatuy — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Réunion Creole French: vand — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Rohingya: bes- — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Romani: bikinel — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Romanian: vinde — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Romansh: vender — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Russian: продава́ть (prodavátʹ) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Russian: прода́ть (prodátʹ) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Samoan: faʻatau — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Sardinian: bèndhere — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Sardinian: bendi — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Sardinian: bèndiri — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Sardinian: bènnere — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Sardinian: vèndhere — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Scottish Gaelic: reic — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Serbo-Croatian: прода́вати — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Serbo-Croatian: про̀дати — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Serbo-Croatian: prodávati — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Serbo-Croatian: pròdati — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Sicilian: vìnniri — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Sinhalese: විකුණනවා (wikuṇanawā) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Slovak: predávať — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Slovak: predať — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Slovene: prodajati — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Slovene: prodati — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Lower Sorbian: pśedawaś — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Lower Sorbian: pśedaś — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Spanish: vender — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Swahili: kuuza — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Swedish: sälja — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Tabasaran: масу тувуб (masu tuvub) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Tagalog: magbili — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Tagalog: ipagbili — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Tagalog: ibenta — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Tahitian: hoʻo — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Tai Dam: ꪄꪱꪥ — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Tajik: фурӯхтан (furüxtan) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Tamil: வில் (vil) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Tatar: сатарга (satarğa) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Tausug: dagang — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Tetum: fa'an — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Thai: ขาย (kǎai) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Tibetan: འཚོང ('tshong) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Tocharian B: plänk- — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Tongan: fakatau — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Turkish: satmak — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Ottoman Turkish: صاتمق (satmak) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Turkmen: satmak — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Tuvan: садар (sadar) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Tuvan: саттынар (sattınar) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Udmurt: вузаны (vuzany) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Ukrainian: продава́ти (prodaváty) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Ukrainian: прода́ти (prodáty) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Urdu: بیچْنا (becnā) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Uyghur: ساتماق (satmaq) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Uzbek: sotmoq — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Venetan: véndar — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Venetan: vénder — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Vietnamese: bán — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Walloon: vinde — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Welsh: gwerthu — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Yaghnobi: пиронсак (pironsak) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Yakut: атыылаа (atïïlaa) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Yiddish: פֿאַרקויפֿן (farkoyfn) — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Yoruba: tà — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Zhuang: gai — to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment
- Arabic: اِنْبَاعَ (inbāʕa) — to be sold
- Arabic: بِيعَ (bīʕa) — to be sold
- Armenian: ծախվել (caxvel) — to be sold
- Assamese: বিকা (bika) — to be sold
- Bashkir: һатылыу (hatılıw) — to be sold
- Bulgarian: продавам се (prodavam se) — to be sold
- Bulgarian: продам се (prodam se) — to be sold
- Chinese Mandarin: 被賣出 /被卖出 — to be sold
- Ngazidja Comorian: uhulwa — to be sold
- Czech: prodávat se — to be sold
- Czech: prodat se — to be sold
- Esperanto: vendiĝi — to be sold
- Finnish: käydä kaupaksi — to be sold
- French: se vendre — to be sold
- German: sich verkaufen — to be sold
- Hindi: बिकना (biknā) — to be sold
- Hungarian: elkel — to be sold
- Italian: vendersi — to be sold
- Kabyle: enz — to be sold
- Korean: 팔리다 (pallida) — to be sold
- Latin: vēneō — to be sold
- Marathi: विकले जाणे (vikle jāṇe) — to be sold
- Norwegian: få solgt — to be sold
- Norwegian: bli solgt — to be sold
- Russian: продава́ться (prodavátʹsja) — to be sold
- Russian: прода́ться (prodátʹsja) — to be sold
- Spanish: venderse — to be sold
- Spanish: salir — to be sold
- Tamil: வில் (vil) — to be sold
- Tocharian B: plänk- — to be sold
- Turkish: satmak — to be sold
- Ukrainian: продава́тися (prodavátysja) — to be sold
- Chinese Mandarin: 傳遞 /传递 (chuándì) — to promote a particular viewpoint
- Finnish: myydä — to promote a particular viewpoint
- German: verkaufen — to promote a particular viewpoint
- Spanish: intentar — to promote a particular viewpoint
- Spanish: buscar — to promote a particular viewpoint
- Bulgarian: продавам (prodavam) — to betray someone for money
- Bulgarian: продам (prodam) — to betray someone for money
- Armenian: ծախել (caxel) — to trick, cheat, or manipulate someone
- Bulgarian: измамвам (izmamvam) — to trick, cheat, or manipulate someone
- Chinese Mandarin: 耍弄 (shuǎnòng) — to trick, cheat, or manipulate someone
- Finnish: harhauttaa — to trick, cheat, or manipulate someone
- Finnish: huiputtaa — to trick, cheat, or manipulate someone
- German: beschwindeln — to trick, cheat, or manipulate someone
- German: beschummeln — to trick, cheat, or manipulate someone
- Italian: circuire — to trick, cheat, or manipulate someone
- Latin: dēludō — to trick, cheat, or manipulate someone
- Latin: ēlūdō — to trick, cheat, or manipulate someone
- Finnish: näytellä — professional wrestling: to act
- Spanish: actuar — professional wrestling: to act
- Spanish: fingir — professional wrestling: to act
- Bulgarian: разочаровам (razočarovam) — to throw under the bus; to let down one's own team