What does selling mean?

Definitions for selling
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This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word selling.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. selling, merchandising, marketingnoun

    the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money

Wiktionary

  1. sellingnoun

    Action of the verb to sell.

ChatGPT

  1. selling

    Selling refers to the act or process of exchanging a product, service, or asset for money. It involves promoting or advertising a product or service, attracting and convincing potential buyers, and completing a transaction where money is exchanged for the ownership or use of the product or service. It is a fundamental part of business operations and commerce.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Selling

    of Sell

Wikidata

  1. Selling

    Selling is a village and civil parish south of Faversham and west of Canterbury in Kent, England.

Editors Contribution

  1. sellingverb

    Verb form of the word sell.

    The selling price was confirmed.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 4, 2020  

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. SELLING

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Selling is ranked #101247 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Selling surname appeared 178 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Selling.

    92.7% or 165 total occurrences were White.
    4.4% or 8 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'selling' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2554

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'selling' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1447

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'selling' in Nouns Frequency: #2641

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of selling in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of selling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of selling in a Sentence

  1. Victoria Villier:

    They've been selling well for us.

  2. Andy Sullivan:

    This really has its roots in nervousness that began in the U.S. at the end of last week, shanghai is an artificial market at the moment reliant on government support, and they have thrown the kitchen sink at it in recent weeks. The selling just ratcheted up steadily this morning.

  3. Aloo Denish Obiero:

    Profit is a reward for solving problems, not just selling products.

  4. Luca Bassi:

    The way of selling companies has changed, standardization is no longer an option. You need to customize your exit around a specific pool of buyers.

  5. Nicolas Maduro:

    Look what the long-haired aristocrat said, selling the country to the IMF. What is he thinking?

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