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- Dictionarysell/sel/
verb
- 1. give or hand over (something) in exchange for money: "they had sold the car" Similar Opposite
- 2. persuade someone of the merits of: "he sold the idea of making a film about Tchaikovsky" Similar
noun
- 1. an act of selling or attempting to sell something: "the excitement of scientific achievement is too subtle a sell to stir the public"
- 2. a disappointment, typically one arising from being deceived as to the merits of something: British "actually, Hawaii's a bit of a sell—not a patch on Corfu"
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