sell

売る

商品やサービスを相手に提供して、お金を受け取る。

やさしい英語で： 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?

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

反対語： buy

よく使う表現： sell a house, sell something to someone, sell for cash, sell goods

売れる

商品などが人に買われる。

やさしい英語で： If something does this, people buy it.

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

使い方： sell for an amount (These watches sell for about twenty dollars.)

よく使う表現： sell well, sell quickly, sell for something

説得、売り込み

考えを受け入れさせたり商品を買わせたりする試み。特に難しい場合にいう。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： pitch

よく使う表現： hard sell, tough sell, easy sell