selling
Syllables: sel·ling/ˈsɛlɪŋ/
selling noun: action of the verb to sell. Also the present participle and gerund of sell.
Noun
selling (countable and uncountable, plural sellings)
- Action of the verb to sell.
- buyings and sellings
- By WRIT radio I found "I Want To Hold Your Hand" by my sweet Beatles is No. 1 for 1964 as sellings and popularity in Milwaukee goes.1965 January 1, Lou Sullivan, Diary
- Skill at salesmanship.
- You've got to work on your selling.
Proper noun capitalized: Selling
Selling (countable and uncountable, plural Sellings)
- A village and civil parish in Swale borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR0456).
- A habitational surname.
Also used as
selling is also the present participle and gerund of sell.
selling meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam
selling in Hindi
- action of the verb "to sell"
- विक्रय vikray, बिक्री bikrī
selling in Tamil
- விற்பனை செய்தல்
selling in Bengali
- বিক্রি
selling in Malayalam
- വിൽക്കുന്നു, വിൽക്കൽ
More languagesFewer languages
- selling in Kannada
- ಮಾರಾಟ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಿವೆ, ಮಾರಾಟ ಮಾಡುತ್ತವೆ
- selling in Punjabi
- ਵੇਚਣਾ, ਵਿਕਣਾ
- selling in Nepali
- बेच्दै, बेच्ने, बेच्न
- selling in Arabic
- بَيْع bayʕ, بُيُوع buyūʕ, مَهَارَة البَيْع, مَهَارَات البَيْع mahārāt al-bayʕ
Forms of selling
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | sellings |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Sellings |
Words formed from selling
- best-selling
- bookselling
- consultative selling
- direct selling
- flag-selling
- host selling
- inertia selling
- megaselling
- nonselling
- panic selling
- pyramid selling
- selling floor
- sellingly
- selling on
- selling plate
- selling-plater
- selling point
- selling price
- short selling
- slopselling
- switch selling
- teleselling
- top-selling
Phrases with selling
- selling up
- selling off
- selling out
- top selling
- long selling
- selling away
- selling down
- selling short
- selling dearly
- selling plater
- selling plates
- selling points
28 more phrasesFewer phrases
- selling prices
- selling oneself
- selling platers
- selling bargains
- selling the pass
- selling one's ass
- selling the dummy
- selling one's body
- selling one's soul
- selling wolf tickets
- selling by the candle
- selling down the river
- selling ice to Eskimos
- selling like hot cakes
- selling out from under
- selling past the close
- selling salt to a slug
- selling against the box
- selling snow to Eskimos
- selling coal to Newcastle
- selling one's life dearly
- selling the family silver
- selling coals to Newcastle
- selling freezers to Eskimos
- selling one's own grandmother
- selling one's soul to the devil
- selling someone a bill of goods
- selling one's birthright for a mess of pottage
Words that rhyme with selling
- shelling
- spelling
- telling
- compelling
- swelling
- belling
- smelling
- cabbeling
- dwelling
- felling
- gelling
- paralleling
1 more rhymesFewer rhymes
Questions about selling
- What does selling mean?
- Selling means action of the verb to sell.
- What is selling in Hindi?
- Selling in Hindi is विक्रय (vikray), बिक्री (bikrī). See Selling meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is selling?
- Selling can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce selling?
- Selling is pronounced /ˈsɛlɪŋ/.
- What is the plural of selling?
- The plural of selling is sellings.
Words near selling in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: selling (page history and authors); Selling (page history and authors); selling (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); selling (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); selling (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); selling (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); selling (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); selling (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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