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seller

/ˈsɛlɚ/

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What does seller mean?

noun

  1. Someone who sells; a vendor; a clerk.
  2. Something which sells.

proper noun

  1. An English and Scottish topographic surname, derived from any of several places named Sell.
More meanings (3)

proper noun

  1. An English and Scottish occupational surname for a saddler, or for a person who sells things.
  2. An English and Scottish metonymic surname for someone who worked in a cellar.

noun

  1. (obsolete) Obsolete spelling of cellar.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈsɛlɚ/

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Taxes upon the sale of ground-rents fall altogether upon the seller, for the same reason as those upon the sale of lands.
Adam SmithAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of NationsProject Gutenberg ebook #3300
The chestnut seller, both before and after receiving a sovereign, swore stubbornly that he had watched the door and seen no visitor enter.
G. K. (Gilbert Keith) ChestertonThe innocence of Father BrownProject Gutenberg ebook #204
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I am apt to think that a division of the duty, between the seller and the buyer, more often happens than is commonly imagined.
Alexander Hamilton; John Jay; James MadisonThe Federalist PapersProject Gutenberg ebook #18
He stepped up to the ticket- seller, and asked some question, and then com- menced looking rapidly through the passengers, and into the carriages.
William Craft; Ellen CraftRunning a Thousand Miles for Freedom Or, The Escape of William and Ellen Craft from SlaveryProject Gutenberg ebook #585
This is his fair right as a seller, but he has no means of finding out what that best price is except by actual experiment.
Alexander William KinglakeEothen; Or, Traces of Travel Brought Home from the EastProject Gutenberg ebook #282