sell

If you give someone goods or a service and they pay you, you do this.

• They sell fresh bread.
• I sold my old phone yesterday.
• Will you sell me your bike?

How to use it: sell something to someone (I sold my bike to a neighbor.); sell something for an amount (She sold the table for fifty dollars.)

Opposites: buy

Common phrases: sell a house, sell something to someone, sell for cash, sell goods

If something does this, people buy it.

• These cakes sell well.
• The tickets sold within an hour.
• Will that old furniture sell?

How to use it: sell for an amount (These watches sell for about twenty dollars.)

Common phrases: sell well, sell quickly, sell for something

An attempt to make someone accept an idea or buy something, especially when this is difficult.

• The plan will be a tough sell.
• Free parking made the proposal an easier sell.
• Higher prices are a hard sell to our customers.

Similar words: pitch

Common phrases: hard sell, tough sell, easy sell