Standard Lemma guide

selling

name · noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈsɛlɪŋ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɛlɪŋ
  • CMU ARPABET: S EH1 L IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A village and civil parish in Swale borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR0456).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A habitational surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Action of the verb to sell.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • buyings and sellings

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Skill at salesmanship.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • You've got to work on your selling.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

present participle and gerund of sell

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: merchandising, marketing

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: commerce, commercialism, mercantilism

Narrower terms: bait and switch, private treaty, bootlegging, capitalization, capitalisation, retail, wholesale, sale, syndication, dumping, dutch auction, retailing, telemarketing, teleselling, telecommerce, vending, peddling, hawking, vendition, resale

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بَيْع (bayʕ) — action of the verb "to sell"
  • Arabic: بُيُوع (buyūʕ) — action of the verb "to sell"
  • Arabic: بيع (bēʕ) — action of the verb "to sell"
  • Arabic: بيعات (bēʕāt) — action of the verb "to sell"
  • Finnish: myyminen — action of the verb "to sell"
  • Finnish: myymiset — action of the verb "to sell"
  • German: Verkaufen — action of the verb "to sell"
  • German: Verkäufe — action of the verb "to sell"
  • Greek: πώληση (pólisi) — action of the verb "to sell"
  • Greek: πωλήσεις (políseis) — action of the verb "to sell"
  • Ancient Greek: πώλησις (pṓlēsis) — action of the verb "to sell"
  • Ancient Greek: πωλήσεις (pōlḗseis) — action of the verb "to sell"
  • Hindi: विक्रय (vikray) — action of the verb "to sell"
  • Hindi: बिक्री (bikrī) — action of the verb "to sell"
  • Khiamniungan Naga: ûm — action of the verb "to sell"
  • Swahili: uuzaji — action of the verb "to sell"
  • Arabic: مَهَارَة البَيْع — skill at salesmanship
  • Arabic: مَهَارَات البَيْع (mahārāt al-bayʕ) — skill at salesmanship
  • Arabic: مهارة البيع (mahāret el-bēʕ) — skill at salesmanship
  • Arabic: مهارات البيع (mahārāt el-bēʕ) — skill at salesmanship
  • Finnish: myyntitaito — skill at salesmanship
  • Finnish: myyntitaidot — skill at salesmanship
  • German: Verkaufstalent — skill at salesmanship
  • German: Verkaufstalente — skill at salesmanship
  • German: Verkaufsgeschick — skill at salesmanship
  • German: Verkaufsgeschicke — skill at salesmanship
  • Greek: ικανότητα πώλησης (ikanótita pólisis) — skill at salesmanship
  • Greek: ικανότητες πώλησης (ikanótites pólisis) — skill at salesmanship
  • Ancient Greek: τέχνη πωλήσεως (tékhnē pōlḗseōs) — skill at salesmanship
  • Ancient Greek: τέχναι πωλήσεως (tékhnai pōlḗseōs) — skill at salesmanship
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