Sell Definition–verb (used with object) | 1. | to
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transfer (goods) to or render (services) for another in exchange for money; dispose of to a purchaser for a price: He sold the car to me for $1000. | | 2. | to deal in; keep or offer for sale: He sells insurance. This store sells my favorite brand. | | 3. | to make a sale or offer for sale to: He'll sell me the car for $1000. | | 4. | to persuade or induce (someone) to buy something: The salesman sold me on a more expensive model than I wanted. | | 5. | to persuade or induce someone to buy (something): The clerk really sold the shoes to me by flattery. | | 6. | to make sales of: The hot record sold a million copies this month. | | 7. | to cause to be accepted, esp. generally or widely: to sell an idea to the public. | | 8. | to cause or persuade to accept; convince: to sell the voters on a candidate. | | 9. | to accept a price for or make a profit of (something not a proper object for such action): to sell one's soul for political power. | | 10. | to force or exact a price for: The defenders of the fort sold their lives dearly. | | 11. | Informal. to cheat, betray, or hoax. | –verb (used without object) | 12. | to engage in selling something. | | 14. | to offer something for sale: I like this house—will they sell? | | 15. | to be employed to persuade or induce others to buy, as a salesperson or a clerk in a store: One sister is a cashier and the other sells. | | 16. | to have a specific price; be offered for sale at the price indicated (fol. by at or for): Eggs used to sell at sixty cents a dozen. This shirt sells for thirty dollars. | | 17. | to be in demand by buyers: On a rainy day, umbrellas really sell. | | 18. | to win acceptance, approval, or adoption: Here's an idea that'll sell. | –noun | 20. | an act or method of selling. | | 21. | Stock Exchange. a security to be sold. |
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| 22. | Informal. a cheat; hoax. | —Verb phrases | 23. | sell off, to sell, esp. at reduced prices, in order to get rid of: The city is selling off a large number of small lots at
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public auction. | | 24. | sell out, | a. | to dispose of entirely by selling. | | b. | to betray (an associate, one's country, a cause, etc.); turn traitor: He committed suicide rather than sell out to the enemy. | | | 25. | sell up, British. to sell out: She was forced to sell up her entire stock of crystal. | —Idiom | 26. | sell short. short (def. 50). | |
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Your Definition–pronoun | 1. | (a form of the possessive case of you used as an attributive adjective): Your jacket is in that closet. I like your idea. Compare yours. | | 2. | one's (used to indicate that one belonging to oneself or to any person): The consulate is your best source of information. As you go down the hill, the library is on your left. | | 3. | (used informally to indicate all members of a group, occupation, etc., or things of a particular type): Take your factory worker, for instance. Your power brakes don't need that much servicing. | |
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Own Definition–adjective | 1. | of, pertaining to, or belonging to oneself or itself (usually used after a possessive to emphasize the idea of ownership, interest, or relation conveyed by the possessive): He spent only his own money. | | 2. | (used as an intensifier to indicate oneself as the sole agent of some activity or action, prec. by a possessive): He insists on being his own doctor. | –verb (used with object) | 3. | to have or hold as one's own; possess: They own several homes. | | 4. | to acknowledge or admit: to own a fault. | | 5.
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| to acknowledge as one's own; recognize as having full claim, authority, power, dominion, etc.: He owned his child before the entire assembly. They owned the king as their lord. | –verb (used without object) | 6. | to confess (often fol. by to, up, or up to): The one who did it had better own up. I own to being uncertain about that. | —Idioms | 7. | come into one's own, | a. | to take possession of that which is due or owed one. | | b. | to receive the recognition that one's abilitie
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s merit: She finally came into her own as a sculptor of the first magnitude. | | | 8. | get one's own back, to get revenge and thereby a sense of personal satisfaction, as for a slight or a previous setback; get even with somebody or something: He saw the award as a way of getting his ow
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n back for all the snubs by his colleagues. | | 9. | hold one's own, | a. | to maintain one's position or condition: The stock market seems to be holding its own these days. | | b. | to be equal to the opposition: He can hold his own in any fight. | | | 10. | of one's own, belonging to oneself: She had never had a room of her own. | | 11. | on one's own, | a. | by dint of one's own efforts, resources, or sense of responsibility; independently: Because she spoke the language, she got around the country very well on her own. | | b. | living or functioning without dependence on others; independent: My son's been on his own for several years. | | |
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Home Definition–noun | 1. | a house, apartment, or other shelter that is the usual residence of a person, family, or household. | | 2. | the place in which one's domestic affections are centered. | | 3. | an institution for the home
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less, sick, etc.: a nursing home. | | 4. | the dwelling place or retreat of an animal. | | 5. | the place or region where something is native or most common. | | 6. | any place of residence or refuge: a heavenly home. | | 7. | a person's native place or own country. | | 8. | (in games) the destination or goal. | | 9. | a principal base of operations or activities: The new stadium will be the home of the local football team. | | 11. | Lacrosse. one of three attack positions nearest the opposing goal. | –adjective | 12. | of, pertaining to, or connected with one's home or country; domestic: home products. | | 13. | principal or main: the corporation's home office. | | 14. | reaching the mark aimed at: a home thrust. | | 15. | Sports. played in a ball park, arena, or the like, that is or is assumed to be the center of operations of a team: The pitcher didn't lose a single home game all season. Compare away (def. 11). | –adverb | 16. | to, toward, or at home: to go home. | | 17. | deep; to the heart: The truth of the accusation struck home. | | 18. | to the mark or point aimed at: He drove the point home. | | 19. | Nautical. | a. | into the position desired; perfectly or to the greatest possible extent: sails she
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eted home. | | b. | in the proper, stowed position: The anchor is home. | | c. | toward its vessel: to bring the anchor home. | | –verb (used without object) | 20. | to go or return home. | | 21. | (of guided missiles, aircraft, etc.) to proceed, esp. under control of an automatic aiming mechanism, toward a specified target, as a plane, missile, or location (often fol. by in on): The missile homed in on the target. | | 22. | to navigate toward a point by means of coordinates other than those given by altitudes. | | 23. | to have a home where specified; reside. | –verb (used with object) | 24. | to bring or send home. | | 25. | to provide with a home. | | 26. | to direct, esp. under control of an automatic aiming device, toward an airport, target, etc. | —Idioms | 27. | at home, | a. | in one's own house or place of residence. | | b. | in one's own town or country. | | c. | prepared or willing to receive social visits: Tell him I'm not at home. We are always at home to her. | | d. | in a situation familiar to one; at ease: She has a way of making everyone feel at home. | | e. | well-informed; proficient: to be at home in the classics. | | f. | played in one's hometown or on one's own grounds: The Yankees played two games at home and one away. | | | 28. | bring home to, to make evident to; clarify or emphasize for: The irrevocability of her decision was brought home to her. | | 29. | home and dry, British Informal. having safely achieved one's goal. | | 30. | home free, | a. | assured of finishing, accomplishing, succeeding, etc.: If we can finish more than half the work today, we'll be home free. | | b. | certain to be successfully finished, accomplished, secured, etc.: With most of the voters supporting it, the new law is home free. | | | 31. | write home about, to comment especially on; remark on: The town was nothing to write home about. His cooking is really something to write home about. | |
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