seller
[sel-er]
Origin of seller
sel
[sel]
- self.
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Examples from the Web for seller
Contemporary Examples
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 RoyaltyTim Teeman
December 10, 2014
The seller is in America and has offered no documentation proving that the 1,300-year-old object is owned legitimately.
Parisian concept store Colette, a seller of the T-shirts, reportedly received the brunt of Slimane's anger.
Riccardo Tisci Styled a Car Wreck for CR Fashion Book; Beyoncé Reveals Stylish Prom PictureThe Fashion Beast Team
October 2, 2013
He also arranged a sting to catch the seller at the motel in Phoenix.
The profile picture shows the seller, shirtless, on the beach, wearing black sunglasses.
Historical Examples
The purchase of that which neither belongs to the seller, nor can belong to the buyer.
The Devil's DictionaryAmbrose Bierce
This gave him the appearance, either of an artist of sorts or of a seller of chestnuts!
A Nest of SpiesPierre Souvestre
The seller of the arts may be called an art-seller; the seller of virtue, a Sophist.
SophistPlato
The buyer gains much by being open and above board with the seller.
Dollars and SenseCol. Wm. C. Hunter
I thought the seller's conscience a trifle lax when he asked £13, 13s.
Cattle and Cattle-breedersWilliam M'Combie
seller
- a person who sells
- an article to be soldthis item is always a good seller
- short for selling race
sel
- a Scot word for self
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Word Origin and History for seller
n.
c.1200, agent noun from sell (v.).
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