BE BOUGHT
if ft; Ifif 3 to be bought by people in the
way or in the numbers
mentioned; to be offered at the price mentioned HU#---; lift---; [VN] The
magazine sells 300 000 copies a week. Mif ft
30 7j[M 0 o [V] The book sold well and was
reprinted many times. 1i£PT£F^Ao
o The new
design just didn’t sell (= nobody bought
it). §t!)cAA:A fp]^0
o The pens sell for just 50p each.
M 50 {f ±o o note at cost
►
PERSUADE || tjj 4 to make people want to
buy sth ft
ft; It ft: [V] You may not like it but advertising sells, ft ft#, 0 [VN] It is quality not
price that sells our products. ft 65 ft Si ft j&
if , H lA^MIt,
MTJttM&o 5 [VN] ~ sth/yourself (to sb) to persuade sb that
sth is a good idea, service, product, etc.; to persuade sb that you are the
right person for a job, position, etc. It #; It ft;
g#; S IS It ft: Now we have to try
and sell the idea to management. tM f E,
0
You really
have to sell yourself at a job interview.
►
TAKE MONEY/REWARD $ e6 [VN] ~ yourself
(to sb) (disapproving) to accept money or a reward from sb for
doing sth that is against your principles ft M £j B; ^0 H7T8 prostitute
r.j—see also sale ITMI be 'sold on sth (informal) to be very enthusiastic about sth % ft; ■ Wl
your ’body to have sex with sb in
exchange for money ft |^j ft ; g’jgL sell sb down the 'river (informal) to give poor or unfair treatment to sb you
have promised to help ft Sn # Jgt If 1$ Hi A) PlfHOTi From the custom of
buying and selling slaves on the plantations on the Mississippi river in
America. Slaves who caused trouble for their masters could be sold to
plantation owners lower down the river, where conditions would be worse. U g A H ^ ® ® t X ft #11 @1 ft I h] ft A ^
W#t@So sell sb/yourself ‘short to not value sb/ yourself highly enough
and show this by the way you treat or present them/yourself f&ft, t&M,
AH ( XA ijL g fi ) sell your 'soul (to the devil) to do anything, even
sth bad or dishonest, in return for money, success or power ft ) — more at hot adj., pup
M-JIIzMI .sell sth—'off 1 to
sell things cheaply because you want to get rid of them or because you need the
money Ml£; MU ; 2
to sell all or part of an
industry, a company or land
ftfj, ( Aik, AUsA ±Jfe ) : The Church sold off
the land for housing. MWTffl&tiklk, ftAMJlf To —related
noun sell- off .sell sth—'on to
sell to sb else sth that you have bought not long before (
AltfuTA ) ft 11, flit: She managed
the business for a year and then sold it on.
7-ft, .sell 'out
| be .sold
'out (of
tickets for a concert, sports game, etc. #Wtt##ftll)tobeallsold®^: The
tickets sold out within hours. Ji /ft Bt ft H gfe ^ ft T 0 0 This week’s performances are completely sold out. ftjUft
iUftl'lS^pPW^p .sell 'out (of sth) | be .sold 'out (of sth) to have sold all the
available items, tickets, etc.
) ; Iftft: I’m sorry, we’ve sold out of bread, j&ifc, IStlftTo OWe are already sold out for what should be a
fantastic game.
isftftnsis^ATo sen
out (to sb/sth) 1 (disapproving) to change or give up your beliefs or
principles W &; # A I<J: He’s a
talented screenwriter who has sold out to TV soap operas.
j.
2
to sell your business or a part of your business ft U ( Mft, ) : The company eventually sold out to
a multinational media group. §3
—related
noun sell-out .self'up | .sell sth--'up (especially BrE) to sell your home,
possessions, business, etc., usually because you are leaving the country or
retiring )
n noun [sing.] (informal) something that is not as good as it
seemed to be ft A All 1$ AH: The band
only played for about half an hour—it was a real sell.
T ft
ft ■—M ft A AM „ — see also hard
SELL
| 1811
'sell-by date-(BrE) (US 'pull date) noun the date printed on
food packages, etc. after which the food must not be sold ( #&#ft ) HJ3; This
milk is
past its sell-by date. fttMSHI* 0 (figura
tive) These policies are way past their sell-by
date,
sell er /'sela(r)/ noun
1 a person who sells sth H#; ft a flower seller ^f£Ao The law is
intended to protect both the buyer and the seller. s
A A M M. A o — see also bookseller — compare vendor
2 a good, poor, etc. ~ a product that
has been sold in the amounts or way mentioned •■ ( Igjft, ft ) f§J m
: This particular model is one of our biggest sellers.
&#S#Jll$tTftJ&*:#ftA.§lft-o —see also best-seller
IHTO1 a .seller’s 'market
a
situation in which people selling sth have an advantage, because there is not a
lot of a particular item for sale, and prices can be kept high HAA^
'selling
point noun a feature of sth that
makes people want to buy or use it ( ijJlSlA)
: The price is obviously one of the main selling points. M j&, <> Sales departments try to iden
tify a product’s USP or
‘unique selling point’.
-Wr-Ho-W o •
'selling price noun the price at which sth
is sold fiHIjft — compare asking price,
cost price sell-off noun 1 (Br£) the sale by the
government of an industry or a service to individual people or private
companies ( ) ft® 2 (NAmE, business #) the
sale of a large number of stocks and shares, after which their value usually falls ( ft# ) MU Sel-lo-tape™ /'seloteip/ noun (also 'sticky tape) (both BrE) (NAmE 'Scotch tape™) [U] clear plastic tape
that is sticky on one side, used for sticking things together H
mm%r:
arollofSellotape-mmmft
0 The envelope was
stuck down with Sellotape. fg hi l&i1} P 0 — picture
o stationery
sel-lo-tape /'selateip/ verb [VN] ~ sth (to sth) (BrE) to join or stick
things together with Sellotape H ill ^ tt: We found a note sellotaped to the
front door. A i\ ]
'sell-out
noun [usually sing.] 1 a play, concert, etc. for which all the
tickets have been sold ?ift&(J#ft ( ft If# ) : Next week’s final looks
like being a sell-out. # ATIMltiio O a sell-out tour
ft
2 a situation in which sb is not loyal to a person or group who trusted
them, by not doing sth that they promised to do, or by doing sth that they
promised not to do : The workers
see the deal as
a union sell-out to
management. XAiAAj&ftAftllX
'sell-through
noun [u, C] (business #) the number of items
of a particular product that a shop/store manages to sell to customers compared
to the number it bought to seii () rnmunt-. The average sell-through rate for these
magazines is 35-38%. 35%
M 38%0
selt-zer /'seltza(r)/ noun [u, C] fizzy water (= with bubbles), usually
containing minerals, used as a drink
(t$n) ra/jc
selv edge (also selv-age especially in NAmE) /'selvid3/ noun an edge that is made
on a piece of cloth, which stops the threads from coming apart (= stops it
fraying)'!(
AK) ) Aft selves pi. of
self
se man teme /sTmaentiim/ (also seme /si:m/) noun (linguistics W) the smallest
possible unit of meaning X% ( ) — compare sememe
$e-man-tic /si'maentik/ adj. [usually before noun] (linguistics ft Wj connected with
the meaning of words and sentences ft X Al <► se;man-tic-al-ly /-kli/ adv. : semantically
related words ftA±j=@ se mantic 'field noun (linguistics ft W) a set of words
with related meanings ft; ft semantics /si'maentiks/ noun [u] (linguistics ft A) 1 the study of
the meanings of words and phrases ft X ^