selling

[sel-ing]

adjective

1. of or relating to a sale or sales: 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.

Other Word Forms

• nonselling adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of selling¹

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

Example Sentences

Hollywood often depicts the office as a shark tank, with ruthless colleagues stabbing backs, stepping over others or selling their souls to get to the top.

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Two excommunicated Spanish nuns who have joined a sect were held for allegedly selling cultural assets belonging to the Catholic Church from a convent they refuse to leave, a court said on Friday.

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The continuous buying and selling of things is commerce, and commerce is, in “JR,” about the white noise of conversation.

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Anticipating the Thanksgiving holiday and mountains of leftover turkey sandwiches to come, Kraft Heinz this month began selling its Heinz Homestyle Turkey Gravy with a new, squeezable bottle.

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Trott could cut costs and reduce debt by selling some assets and focusing on its largest and most-profitable operations, he said.

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