sell out

sell  (sl)

v. sold (sld), sell·ing, sells

v.tr.

1. To exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent.

2. To offer for sale, as for one's business or livelihood: The partners sell textiles.

3. To give up or surrender in exchange for a price or reward: sell one's soul to the devil.

4. To be purchased in (a certain quantity); achieve sales of: a book that sold a million copies.

5.

a. To bring about or encourage sales of; promote: Good publicity sold the product.

b. To cause to be accepted; advocate successfully: We sold the proposal to the school committee.

6. To persuade (another) to recognize the worth or desirability of something: They sold me on the idea.

v.intr.

1. To exchange ownership for money or its equivalent; engage in selling.

2. To be sold or be on sale: Grapes are selling high this season.

3. To attract prospective buyers; be popular on the market: an item that sells well.

4. To be approved of; gain acceptance.

n.

1. The activity or method of selling.

2. Something that sells or gains acceptance in a particular way: Their program to raise taxes will be a difficult sell.

3. Slang A deception; a hoax.

Phrasal Verbs:

sell off

To get rid of by selling, often at reduced prices.

sell out

1. To put all of one's goods or possessions up for sale.

2. Slang To betray one's cause or colleagues: He sold out to the other side.

Idioms:

sell a bill of goods Informal

To take unfair advantage of.

sell down the river Informal

To betray the true trust or faith of.

sell short

1. To contract for the sale of securities or commodities one expects to own at a later date and at more advantageous terms.

2. To underestimate the true value or worth of: Don't sell your colleague short; she's a smart lawyer.

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[Middle English sellen, from Old English sellan, to give, sell.]

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sella·ble adj.

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sell out

vb (adverb)

1. (Business / Commerce) Also (chiefly Brit) sell up to dispose of (supplies of something) completely by selling

2. (tr) Informal to betray, esp through a secret agreement

3. (intr) Informal to abandon one's principles, standards, etc.

n sellout

1. (Business / Commerce) Informal a performance for which all tickets are sold

2. (Business / Commerce) a commercial success

3. Informal a betrayal

4. Informal a person who betrays their principles, standards, friends, etc.

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	sell out - get rid of all one's merchandise liquidize, sell up commerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) chuck out, discard, cast aside, cast away, throw away, toss away, toss out, put away, throw out, cast out, dispose, fling, toss - throw or cast away; "Put away your worries"
	2.	sell out - give information that compromises others shit, tell on, snitch, stag, shop, denounce, give away, betray, grass, rat - give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"

Translations

? sell out

vt sep

(= sell entire stock of) → ausverkaufen; sorry, sold out → wir sind leider ausverkauft; we’re sold out of ice cream/size 10 → wir haben kein Eis/keine Größe 10 mehr, das Eis/Größe 10 ist ausverkauft

share, interest → verkaufen, abgeben

(inf: = betray) → verraten (→ to an +acc)

vi

(= sell entire stock) → alles verkaufen or absetzen; this book/we sold out in two days → das Buch war/wir waren in zwei Tagen ausverkauft

(in business) → sein Geschäft/seine Firma/seinen Anteil etc verkaufen or abstoßen

(inf: = betray) the union leader sold out to the bosses → der Gewerkschaftsführer verkaufte die Arbeiter an die Bosse (inf); he sold out to the right wing/the enemy → er hat sich an den rechten Flügel/den Feind verkauft

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