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seller

[sel-er]
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noun
  1. a person who sells; salesperson or vender.
  2. an article considered with reference to its sales: one of the poorest sellers.

Origin of seller

Middle English word dating back to 1150–1200; see origin at sell1, -er1
Related formsre·sell·er, nounsu·per·sell·er, noun

sel

[sel]
noun, adjective, pronoun Scot.
  1. self.
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Related Words for seller

merchant, peddler, vendor, trader, agent, dealer, retailer, marketer, auctioneer, shopkeeper, storekeeper, businessperson, salesperson, representative

Examples from the Web for seller

Contemporary Examples of seller

Historical Examples of seller

  • The purchase of that which neither belongs to the seller, nor can belong to the buyer.

  • This gave him the appearance, either of an artist of sorts or of a seller of chestnuts!

    A Nest of Spies

    Pierre Souvestre

  • The seller of the arts may be called an art-seller; the seller of virtue, a Sophist.

    Sophist

    Plato

  • The buyer gains much by being open and above board with the seller.

    Dollars and Sense

    Col. Wm. C. Hunter

  • I thought the seller's conscience a trifle lax when he asked £13, 13s.

British Dictionary definitions for seller

seller

noun
  1. a person who sells
  2. an article to be soldthis item is always a good seller
  3. short for selling race

sel

noun
  1. 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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