sell up Definition

sell
verb sold, selling

1. To give something to someone in exchange for money

Example: She sold it to her brother
Example: Can I sell you a crate of Southern Comfort?
Thesaurus: vend, market, auction, hawk, barter, exchange, trade, peddle, retail; Antonym: buy, purchase, obtain.
2. To have available for buying

Example: Do you sell batteries?
intr
3. To be in demand among customers; to be sold.

Example: This particular style sells well
4. To promote the sale of something; to cause to be bought.

Example: The author's name sells the book
5. To convince or persuade someone to acquire or agree to something, especially by emphasizing its merits or advantages.

Example: It was difficult to sell them the idea
6. colloq
To deceive or trick.
7. To lose or betray (eg one's principles) in the process of getting something, especially something dishonourable.

noun

1. The act or process of selling.
2. The style of persuasion used in selling.

Example: the hard sell
3. colloq
A trick or deception.

Derivative: sellable
adj

Derivative: seller
noun

Someone who gives something to someone in exchange for money
Thesaurus: merchant, vendor, dealer, peddler, salesperson, retailer, shopkeeper, agent; Antonym: buyer.

Idiom: sell someone down the river

colloq
To betray them.
Thesaurus: deceive, betray, abuse, cheat, double-cross, stab in the back (slang).

Idiom: sell someone, something or oneself short

colloq
To understate their good qualities; to belittle them.

To sell (eg stocks, etc) before one actually owns them, so one can buy them at a lower price just before selling them.

Idiom: sold on something

colloq
Convinced or enthusiastic about it.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon sellan to hand over, from Norse selja, from Gothic saljan.

Phrasal Verb: sell at or for something

To be available for buying at a specified price.
Example: These T-shirts sell at just under a tenner

Phrasal Verb: sell something off

To dispose of remaining goods by selling them quickly and cheaply.

Phrasal Verb: sell out of something

To sell one's entire stock of it.

Phrasal Verb: sell out to someone

To betray one's principles or associates to another party.
Example: He sold out to the opposition

Phrasal Verb: sell up

To sell one's house or business, usually because of debts.