[sɛl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- give or hand over (something) in exchange for money
(e.g: they had sold the car)

- persuade someone of the merits of
(e.g: he sold the idea of making a film about Tchaikovsky)

- trick or deceive (someone)
(e.g: what we want is to go out of here quiet, and talk this show up, and sell the rest of the town)


Phrases:
- sell one's life dearly
- sell one's soul

Origin:
Old English sellan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse selja ‘give up, sell’. Early use included the sense ‘give, hand (something) over voluntarily in response to a request’

[sɛl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an act of selling or attempting to sell something
(e.g: every other television commercial is a sell for Australian lager)

- a disappointment, typically one arising from being deceived as to the merits of something
(e.g: actually, Hawaii's a bit of a sell—not a patch on Corfu)


Phrases:
- sell one's life dearly
- sell one's soul

Origin:
Old English sellan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse selja ‘give up, sell’. Early use included the sense ‘give, hand (something) over voluntarily in response to a request’