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  • present participle of sell.
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selling

American  
[sel-ing] / ˈsɛl ɪŋ /

adjective

  1. of or relating to a sale or sales.

    the selling price of oranges.

  2. engaged in selling.

    two selling offices in New York.

  3. readily saleable; in strong demand (often used in combination).

    This is our fastest-selling model.


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Etymology

Origin of selling

First recorded in 1765–75; sell 1 + -ing 2

Example Sentences

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Although it's only selling a portion of the company to the likes of us, the price of the shares Elon Musk is selling means we can calculate the price tag of the whole company.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

On one side are the companies selling memory, storage and accelerators into the data centers, with pricing power and multiyear backlogs.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

As of its most recent filing, SpaceX would be selling less than 5% of its available shares in the IPO offering.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Born in Cardiff in 1949 to a Royal Air Force officer and his wife, Sullivan first found a taste for business selling football programmes.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

I had never earned more than fifty dollars making and selling mukluks.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

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