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seller

[ sel-er ]

/ ˈsɛl ər /

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noun

a person who sells; salesperson or vender.

an article considered with reference to its sales: one of the poorest sellers.

Origin of seller

Middle English word dating back to 1150–1200; see origin at sell¹, -er¹

OTHER WORDS FROM seller

re·sell·er, noun su·per·sell·er, noun

Words nearby seller

sell-through, sella, sella turcica, sellafield, sellar, seller, seller's market, seller's option, sellers, sellers screw thread, sellers' market

Definition for seller (2 of 2)

sel

[ sel ]

/ sɛl /

noun, adjective, pronoun Scot.

self.

Example sentences from the Web for seller

Paddle8 works better than a smaller regional auction house because it is nimbler and its costs—to the seller and buyer—are lower.

William, Kate, and Jay Z’s Favorite Art Star: Alexander Gilkes' World of Rock Stars and Royalty |Tim Teeman |December 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The seller is in America and has offered no documentation proving that the 1,300-year-old object is owned legitimately.

Egyptian Tomb-Robbing Market Explodes on eBay |Bel Trew |May 31, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Parisian concept store Colette, a seller of the T-shirts, reportedly received the brunt of Slimane's anger.

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He also arranged a sting to catch the seller at the motel in Phoenix.

The Devil’s Drug: The True Story of Meth in New Mexico |Nick Romeo |August 24, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

The way you made the most money as a seller was to make as much as you could on single sales.

How Product Labeling Killed Some Truly Righteous Weed and Might Even Raise Your Hospital Bill |Megan McArdle |May 8, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
I could introduce the seller, did such an impossible person exist, to some one who could buy.

The Good Comrade |Una L. Silberrad
When the confession was over, and it did not take long, the faithful hastened towards the seller.

History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century (Volume 1) |J. H. Merle D'Aubign
That's fair enough, because the life of the seller has a way of not being worth much afterward, either.

The Door Through Space |Marion Zimmer Bradley
Every seller is ex vi termini also a buyer; if, therefore production is doubled, purchasing power is also doubled.

Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II |William Roscher
The gentleman bought a ticket for New York, and remained at the window of the office talking quite easily with the seller.

The March Family Trilogy, Complete |William Dean Howells

British Dictionary definitions for seller (1 of 2)

seller

/ (ˈsɛlə) /

noun

a person who sells

an article to be sold this item is always a good seller

short for selling race

British Dictionary definitions for seller (2 of 2)

sel

/ (sɛl) /

noun

a Scot word for self