seller

Pronunciation: /ˈsɛlɚ/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money

Etymology

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”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

marketer, vender, vendor, trafficker

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
merchant
Narrower (hyponyms)
huckster, flower girl, underseller, ticket agent, selling agent, peddler

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