单词 | to sell away |
释义 | > as lemmasto sell away to sell away 1. transitive. To dispose of, or dispossess oneself of, by selling, literal and figurative ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > sell [verb (transitive)] to sell awayc1230 to set to (for, on) sale, a-salec1275 sella1330 to make sale (of)c1430 market1455 to make penny of1464 vent1478 to put away1574 dispatch1592 money1598 vent1602 to put off1631 vend1651 hawk1713 realize1720 mackle1724 neat1747 to sell over1837 unload1884 flog1919 move1938 shift1976 c1230 Hali Meid. (Bodl.) 36 Wa wurðe þet cheaffeare, for ei hwilinde weole sullen meiðhad awei. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 425 An hondred þowsand were i-take prisoners and i-solde awey, þritty for a peny. ?1600 Sir R. Boyle in Lismore Papers (1887) 2nd Ser. I. 35 I..haue lefte heer..xxxix papers of Sylck..; which..I praie sell awaie to paie your self. 1611 Bible (King James) Tobit i. 7 The first tenth part of al increase, I gaue to the sonnes of Aaron..another tenth part I sold away . View more context for this quotation 1639 S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events 309 Our wary Thyrse shall not sell away his power or mastery. 2. absol. To go on selling. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > sell [verb (intransitive)] > go on selling to sell away1878 1878 A. L. Perry Elements Polit. Econ. (new ed.) 543 ‘Never mind’, says England, ‘sell away, and I will make up your loss by a bounty!’ < as lemmas |
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