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selling

selling

9 1.0
Exchanging goods or services for money
  • noun
  • /ˈsɛlɪŋ/
translation icon : venta
  • His job involves selling software solutions to businesses across the country.
  • Best-Selling
  • Selling price
  • Selling Books

It's why short selling is called short selling.

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Examples

  • Mathematically, the breakeven point = Indirect Costs / (Selling Cost per Product - Direct Cost per Product).

    Academic text (2012)
  • The selling of handmade crafts at the local market attracts many customers.

  • Selling is the right thing for you.

  • In the old days, the three most important words in advertising were "Unique Selling Proposition."

    Blog text (6)
  • I first met Jill Konrath after reading her new book, Selling to Big Companies, in early 2006.

    Blog text (22)
  • They became billionaires off of selling rice and beans.

  • How We Saved the Post Office Marks Launch by Selling Prints of Blue Sock Puppet Monster.

    Blog text (4)
  • Ward, S. V. 1998. Selling Places: The Marketing and Promotion of Towns and Cities, 1850-2000. New York: Routledge.

    Academic text (2009)
  • HE'S GOT A WEB SITE SELLING GIGANTIC MUTANT TOYS!

  • SHE'’LL BE SELLING TO HER LITTLE COUNTERCULTURE FRIENDS WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING IT.

Synonyms

sale
vsselling
1.0

An act of giving something to someone for money

is the broader ongoing activity or business of exchanging goods for money
trade
vsselling
1.0

Buying, selling, or exchanging goods and services between businesses and people

is focused on exchanging goods or services specifically for money
commerce
vsselling
121 2.7

Buying and selling goods and services on a large scale

is the general action or business of exchanging goods or services at any scale
vending
vsselling
73 2.7

Selling things in public places, often from stalls or machines

is the general business of exchanging goods or services not limited by place
hawking
vsselling
24 6.3

Selling goods in public places by calling out to get customers

is the broader activity of exchanging goods or services, not limited to loud street calls
peddling
vsselling
5 5.6

Selling goods by going from place to place, often on the street

is the general activity of exchanging goods or services, not specifically mobile
vendition
vsselling
  • Archaic
9.9

Selling things as a business

is the common general action of exchanging goods or services for money

Antonyms

89 1.0

Paying money to get something

Compounds

84 2.7

Very popular and bought by many people, like books or albums

22 3.3

A feature of a product or service that makes people want to buy it

The price at which something is sold to buyers

short selling
  • Specialized
3 6.6

Selling shares you do not own to buy them back later at a lower price to make a profit

A person or company who finds buyers for someone and gets a fee

selling race
  • Jargon
9.7

A horse race where the winning horse is put up for auction immediately after the race

How Much

rally
  • Specialized
21 4.0
reaccumulation
  • Specialized
7.9
accumulation
  • Specialized
7 6.7
selling
9 1.0

Surface Forms

selling singular
sellings plural

Morphology

selling = sell (transparent) = sell + ing

The noun sense is a gerund/nominalization formed from the verb 'sell', so its meaning as 'the action or business of selling' is directly derived and clear to learners.

Etymology

Selling comes from an old English verb sellan, which meant 'to give' or 'hand over', and you can see the same root in the familiar word sale. So selling is the act of 'handing over' goods or services in return for money.