sell

to deliver or give up in violation of duty, trust, or loyalty and especially for personal gain betray often used with out

The first known use: before the 12th century

Word Structure

4 Letters, 1 Syllable

sell


3 Phonemes

s e l


onset, rime

s ell


Morpheme

sell


Sentence Examples

He buys and remodels houses and then sells them at a profit.

Stock prices are increasing, so now is a good time to sell.

Only a few stores sell that type of equipment.

Related Words

Sound the same but are spelled differently.

advertise

auction

close

handle

hawk

market

Collocations

The habitual juxtaposition of a particular word with another word or words with a frequency greater than chance.

sell

mis-sell

pre-sell

sell off

sell-off

sell on

sell out

sell-out

sell up

Neighborhood

Rhymes

bell

fell

shell

smell

spell

tell

well

yell

Onset Friends

saw

since

sometime

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