“sell” – English explanatory dictionary

noun the act of selling something □ to give a product the hard sell to make great efforts to persuade customers to buy a product □ to give a product the soft sell to persuade people to buy something, by encouraging and not forcing them to do so

verb 1. to give something to someone for money ○ He sold his house to my father. ○ We managed to sell the car for £500. ○ The shop sells vegetables but not meat. 2. to be sold ○ Those packs sell for £25 a dozen. ○ Her latest book is selling very well.

a deception, or disappointment; also a lying joke.

to deceive, swindle, or play a practical joke upon a person. A
sham is a SELL in street parlance. “SOLD again, and got the money,” a
patterer cries after having successfully deceived somebody. Shakspeare
uses SELLING in a similar sense, viz., blinding or deceiving.

(sel), n. Self. [Obs. or Scot.] B. Jonson.