seller

Study(16)

UK /ˈsɛlə/ US /ˈsɛlɚ/

noun 3name 3

Collocations

ADJ.

additional, all, best, charged, fine, friendly, good, great

The best seller at the bookstore was a mystery novel by a popular author.

VERB + SELLER

ask, become, book, completed, stop, told, written

The estate agent told the seller that the house needed new windows before listing it.

SELLER + NOUN

cheese, da, fruit, jumper, vinci

The fruit seller at the market had the ripest mangoes I've ever tasted.

PREP.

out, with

The seller out there is offering a great deal on that used car if you negotiate.

ADV.

finally, once

The seller finally agreed to lower the price after weeks of negotiation.

Definitions

noun

Someone who sells; a vendor; a clerk.

Alisha was a seller of fine books.

De Beers, the world’s largest diamond producer, announced plans in 2017 to operate a carbon-neutral mine and pointed out that the FTC has warned lab-grown diamond sellers over the veracity of their environmental claims.

Something which sells.

Two of the books Alisha authored had become big sellers.

Still, she sat in her chair and read it and reread it, six, seven times. She was pleased with it, she was pleased with herself. This time for sure, she said to herself. This one’s a seller. Really big.

noun

Obsolete spelling of cellar.

name

An English and Scottish topographic surname, derived from any of several places named Sell.

An English and Scottish occupational surname for a saddler, or for a person who sells things.

An English and Scottish metonymic surname for someone who worked in a cellar.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for mone

marketer
vender
vendor
trafficker

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Alisha was a seller of fine books.

Wiktionary

Amazon secured a major legal victory in its fight with rival eBay over seller poaching, with an arbitration panel ruling in its favor earlier this month, according to court filings by the company on T

Wiktionary

This book ought to be a good seller.

Tatoeba · #56998

This book, which was once a best seller, is now out of print.

Tatoeba · #57032

After considerable argument, the buyer and the seller finally came to terms.

Tatoeba · #278129

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, seller is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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