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| NOUN: | Slang. Market appeal: marketability, marketableness, salability, salableness. See DESIRE. | | VERB: | 1. To succeed in causing (a person) to act in a certain way. Also used with on: argue into, bring, bring around or (round), convince, get, induce, persuade, prevail on or (upon), talk into. See PERSUASION. 2. To offer for sale: deal (in), handle, market, merchandise, merchant, peddle, retail, trade (in), vend. See TRANSACTIONS. | | PHRASAL VERB: | sell for To achieve (a certain price): bring (in), fetch, realize. See GET. sell for To require a specified price: cost, go for. See TRANSACTIONS. sell off To get rid of completely by selling, especially in quantity or at a discount: close out, dump, sell out, unload. See TRANSACTIONS. sell out 1. Slang. To be treacherous to: betray, double-cross. Slang : rat (on). Idioms: sell down the river . See TRUST. 2. To get rid of completely by selling, especially in quantity or at a discount: close out, dump, sell off, unload. See TRANSACTIONS.
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