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Collocations for sell - noun

Sell is used before these nouns:
signal

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Collocations for sell - verb

ADVERB

cheaply

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VERB + sell

be able to, can
want to
plan to
try to
They are still trying to sell their house.
be expected to, expect to
The novel was expected to sell between 1 000 and 1 500 copies.
be willing to
be forced to
The company has been forced to sell land to recoup some of the losses.
be difficult to, be hard to
It will be hard to sell 3 000 tickets.
The property was hard to sell.
have the right to sell
Your broker has the right to sell your shares.

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PREPOSITION

at
We sell these little notebooks at €1 each.
for
They sold their house for $847 000.
to
She sold her car to a friend.

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PHRASES

sell sth at a discount, sell sth at a loss, sell sth at a premium, sell sth at a profit
Some of these cars are actually being sold at a loss.
be sold at auction
The painting was sold at auction for $11.3 million.
be sold over the counter
This medicine is sold over the counter.
buy and sell (sth)
Many banks are willing to buy and sell shares on behalf of customers.
sell sb into slavery
The boys were sold into slavery.

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sell sth off - PHRASAL VERB

ADVERB

cheaply
Derelict inner-city sites could be sold off cheaply for housing.

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Sell is used with these nouns as the subject:
company, dealer, firm, investor, shop, shopkeeper, stall, store

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Sell is used with these nouns as the object:
asset, beef, beer, bond, business, company, cookie, copy, cottage, crop, currency, electricity, equipment, flat, food, franchise, goods, house, idea, insurance, interest, inventory, land, lease, liquor, merchandise, model, mortgage, painting, pension, possession, postcard, produce, product, property, record, right, security, service, share, slave, software, soul, stake, stock, ticket, timber, unit, wares

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