• Chrysler plans to raise cash by selling assets.
• Investors are selling more aggressively ahead of quarterly earnings reports.
• Canada's largest oil and gas concern will be sold to the public through a series of share issues.
• He was forced to sell the magazine for $29.1 million.
• In most countries, the firm sells its hi-fi equipment under the name Kenwood.
• High-priced desktop computers sell for $20,000 and up.
• Reebok hopes their new promotion will sell the sportswear range.
• Corporate bonds issued this year have sold fast.
• Many companies are developing packaging that both protects the environment and sells.
• He believes in his company, and he sells himself, marketing his own beliefs.
— see also contract to sell, hard sell• If you're selling forward 207 tons of gold, you need confidence you're going to produce it.
• He plans to break the company up and sell it off as several independent businesses.
• The privatization of state enterprises will be delayed until they can be sold off at a better price.
— see also sell-off• Many consumers are sold on the company's environmental message.
• With any new product, you have to sell consumers on the idea.
• The shares were sold on to another party.
• Relations between the directors are strained, and shareholders have said they would like to sell out.
• They announced that they were selling out to a Japanese company.
• Some retailers had sold out of the new games console within twenty-four hours.
• He resigned his job, sold up and bought air tickets for all the family.
• Despite spending more than £10 million on ads, the product was a tough sell (= difficult to sell ) .
• There was a lack of confidence that the computer would be an easy sell (= easy to sell ) .
• A successful salesperson has to be good at the hard sell.
• The soft sell works in four out of five cases.
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sell securities/shares/stock
»sell a car/company/house
»The 43% owner of the company indicated that it was ready to sell.
sell sth to sb/sth »The partners plan to sell 40% of the company to investors.
sell sb sth »We are going to sell him our car.
sell to sb/sth »The site could be built on if the owners decided to sell to private developers.
sell sth at $10/$100, etc. »It raised $180 million Monday by selling 7.2 million shares at $25 apiece.
sell sth at a loss/markup/profit »The business was sold at an enormous profit.
sell sth for $10/$100, etc. »How much did you sell your house for?
sell goods/products/services
»On either bank of the river are specialist shops selling designer clothes, books, music and art.
»Its products are sold in 150 countries.
»We sell directly via a contact sales force.
»sell online/over the internet
The watches are selling well through the group's retail outlets.
sell at $10/$100, etc. »The stock is currently selling at 11 times earnings estimates.
sell for $10/$100, etc. »The games console will sell for $349.
»The company had problems with overstocking and products that didn't sell.
»The magazine is now selling 225,000 copies a week.
Price and delivery are only two elements of the marketing mix that sells products.
»It's a cliche of advertising to say that ""sex sells"".
He is trying to sell an idea for a TV comedy.
sell sth to sb »The government sold spending cuts to the public as a way to get the economy growing again.
In spite of continuing drought conditions, artificial grass remains a hard sell.
»Fear of unemployment make mortgage protection an easy sell.
Tax breaks for developers to build more-expensive housing would be a tough sell.
The broker SG Securities is moving its rating to a sell.
»While Merrill has a neutral recommendation, we believe the shares are a sell.
Financial and business terms. 2012.