noun
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a person who sells
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an article to be sold
this item is always a good seller
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short for selling race
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of seller
Middle English word dating back to 1150–1200; see origin at sell 1, -er 1
Example Sentences
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Since then, Meta’s advertising business has grown into a $200 billion a year juggernaut that is expected to overtake Google this year as the world’s largest digital-ads seller.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
Similarly, Kerri Underhill, from Solihull in Birmingham, whose mother is an ice cream seller, said she was surprised by prices in Porthmadog.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
The 737 MAX family, Boeing's top seller, was grounded worldwide for 20 months after the accidents.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
The seller of the 1957 work, “Brown and Blacks in Red,” was the estate of former Goldman Sachs banker turned art dealer Robert Mnuchin, who paid $6.7 million for the work in 2003.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
And we had to talk the seller down from a dollar to sixty cents.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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