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    sell
    /sɛl/

    verb

    • 1. give or hand over (something) in exchange for money: "they had sold the car" Similar dispose ofget rid ofvendauction (off)Opposite buy
    • 2. persuade someone of the merits of: "he sold the idea of making a film about Tchaikovsky" Similar persuade someone to acceptconvince someone of the merits oftalk someone intobring someone round to

    noun

    • 1. an act of selling or attempting to sell something: "every other television commercial is a sell for Australian lager"
    • 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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