Seller

//ˈsɛlɚ// name, noun

name, noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who sells; a vendor; a clerk.

    "Alisha was a seller of fine books."

  2. 2
    Obsolete spelling of cellar. alt-of, obsolete
  3. 3
    someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money wordnet
  4. 4
    Something which sells.

    "Two of the books Alisha authored had become big sellers."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An English and Scottish topographic surname, derived from any of several places named Sell.
  2. 2
    An English and Scottish occupational surname for a saddler, or for a person who sells things.
  3. 3
    An English and Scottish metonymic surname for someone who worked in a cellar.

Synonyms

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salesmansalespersonsaleswomanvendoragentchandler

Example

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"This book ought to be a good seller."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English seller, sellere, (also siller, sullar, sullere), from Old English *sellere, *syllere, equivalent to sell + -er (agent noun) (sense 1) and sell + -er (patient) (sense 2). Cognate with Danish sælger, Swedish säljare, Icelandic seljari (“a seller; dealer”).

Etymology 2

Alternative forms.

Related phrases

panic sellerpyramid sellerseller's marketseller's remorseshort sellersystem sellergives things

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