Sell Sold Price I Car Money Sel James

• i sold my car to james for £800.
• i sold james my car for £800.
• they sold the business at a profit/loss(= they gained/lost money when they sold it).
• we offered them a good price but they wouldn't sell.

sell

1. to give something to somebody in exchange for money
• I sold my car to James for £800.
• I sold James my car for £800.
• They sold the business at a profit/loss(= they gained/lost money when they sold it).
• We offered them a good price but they wouldn't sell.
2. to offer something for people to buy
• compare cross-selling
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/cross-selling
• Most supermarkets sell a range of organic products.
• Do you sell stamps?
• to sell insurance
3. to be bought by people in the way or in the numbers mentioned; to be offered at the price mentioned
• The magazine sells 300 000 copies a week.
• Their last album sold millions.
• The book sold well and was reprinted many times.
• The new design just didn't sell (= nobody bought it).
• The pens sell for just 50p each.
4. to make people want to buy something
• You may not like it but advertising sells.
• It is quality not price that sells our products.
5. to persuade somebody that something is a good idea, service, product, etc.; to persuade somebody that you are the right person for a job, position, etc.
• Now we have to try and sell the idea to management.
• You really have to sell yourself at a job interview.
6. to accept money or a reward from somebody for doing something that is against your principles
• synonym prostitute
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/prostitute_2
7. to be very enthusiastic about something
• We were really sold on the idea.
8. to sell quickly or in great numbers
9. to have sex with somebody in exchange for money
10. to give poor or unfair treatment to somebody you have promised to help
11. to sell somebody or be sold something that has no value or is worth much less than the price paid
12. to not value somebody/yourself highly enough and show this by the way you treat or present them/yourself
13. to do anything, even something bad or dishonest, in return for money, success or power

Extra Examples

• It will be hard to sell 3 000 tickets.
• Many banks are willing to buy and sell shares on behalf of customers.
• She sold her car to a friend.
• Some of these cars are actually being sold at a loss.
• The company has been forced to sell land to recoup some of the losses.
• The novel was expected to sell between 1 000 and 1 500 copies.
• The painting was sold at auction for $11.3 million.
• The property proved hard to sell.
• They are still trying to sell their house.
• They sold their house for $847 000.
• This medicine is sold over the counter.
• We sell these little notebooks at €1 each.
• Your broker has the right to sell your shares.
• He works for a company that sells insurance.
• Most grocery stores sell a range of organic products.
• They sold the business at a profit/loss.
• We offered them a good price but they wouldn’t sell.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they sell
• he / she / it sells
• past simple sold
• past participle sold
• -ing form selling

Word Origin

• Old English sellan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse selja ‘give up, sell’. Early use included the sense ‘give, hand (something) over voluntarily following a request’.