- sell
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounSell is used before these nouns: ↑signal{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}verbADVERB▪ cheaplyVERB + SELL▪ be able to, can▪ want to▪ plan to▪ try to▪
They are still trying to sell their house.
▪ be expected to, expect to▪The novel was expected to sell between 1 000 and 1 500 copies.
▪ be willing to▪ be forced to▪The company has been forced to sell land to recoup some of the losses.
▪ be difficult to, be hard to▪It will be hard to sell 3 000 tickets.
▪The property was hard to sell.
▪ have the right to sell▪Your broker has the right to sell your shares.
PREPOSITION▪ at▪We sell these little notebooks at €1 each.
▪ for▪They sold their house for $847 000.
▪ to▪She sold her car to a friend.
PHRASES▪ sell sth at a discount, sell sth at a loss, sell sth at a premium, sell sth at a profit▪Some of these cars are actually being sold at a loss.
▪ be sold at auction▪The painting was sold at auction for $11.3 million.
▪ be sold over the counter▪This medicine is sold over the counter.
▪ buy and sell (sth)▪Many banks are willing to buy and sell shares on behalf of customers.
▪ sell sb into slavery▪The boys were sold into slavery.
PHRASAL VERBsell sth offADVERB▪ cheaply▪Derelict inner-city sites could be sold off cheaply for housing.
Sell is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑company, ↑dealer, ↑firm, ↑investor, ↑shop, ↑shopkeeper, ↑stall, ↑storeSell is used with these nouns as the object: ↑asset, ↑beef, ↑beer, ↑bond, ↑business, ↑company, ↑cookie, ↑copy, ↑cottage, ↑crop, ↑currency, ↑electricity, ↑equipment, ↑flat, ↑food, ↑franchise, ↑goods, ↑house, ↑idea, ↑insurance, ↑interest, ↑inventory, ↑land, ↑lease, ↑liquor, ↑merchandise, ↑model, ↑mortgage, ↑painting, ↑pension, ↑possession, ↑postcard, ↑produce, ↑product, ↑property, ↑record, ↑right, ↑security, ↑service, ↑share, ↑slave, ↑software, ↑soul, ↑stake, ↑stock, ↑ticket, ↑timber, ↑unit, ↑wares
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
