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
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Etymology
Origin of seller
Middle English word dating back to 1150–1200; see origin at sell 1, -er 1
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It flipped from net buyer to net seller of foreign bonds in December 2025, and by February was selling them off at the fastest monthly pace since 2024.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
The deal would be the latest in a string of vendor financing agreements in the AI ecosystem, whereby a seller lends to a buyer of its products.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
She realized she could flip the script: The same forensic analysis skills she had once used as a short seller could be used to send stocks higher by jostling for changes from within.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
It puts a seller under pressure to accept the lower price or risk losing their sale and collapsing their property chain - potentially losing the house they want to buy.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
She felt startled to see her secretly famous banana seller standing off to the right, wearing a bulky blue sweater much too large for him.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
The fires at Wildberries have affected sellers reliant on the platform, some of whom have posted frustrated social media messages.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
The effort could be hard to enforce because power prices are often decided by state regulators and electricity buyers and sellers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
But it has also frustrated hundreds of Russian sellers who depend on online marketplaces for their livelihoods, making the war feel closer to home after almost four and a half years.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
But at the very least, the team could get cheaper in the coming weeks—they’re expected to be sellers ahead of the upcoming trade deadline.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
In the days that followed, ballad sellers began to cry out new and final verses to the notorious life of Hold-Your-Nose Billy and his partner, Cutwater.
From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman
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