Shak.
Sell is corellative to buy, as one party buys what the other sells. It
is distinguished usually from exchange or barter, in which one
commodity is given for another; whereas in selling the consideration is
usually money, or its representative in current notes.
2. To make a matter of bargain and sale of; to accept a price or reward
for, as for a breach of duty, trust, or the like; to betray.
You would have sold your king to slaughter.
Shak.
3. To impose upon; to trick; to deceive; to make a fool of; to cheat.
[Slang] Dickens.
To sell one's life dearly, to cause much loss to those who take one's
life, as by killing a number of one's assailants. -- To sell (anything)
out, to dispose of it wholly or entirely; as, he had sold out his corn,
or his interest in a business.
Sell, v. i. 1. To practice selling commodities.
I will buy with you, sell with you; . . . but I will not eat with
you.
Shak.