seller

B2 Topic:People & Society

US /ˈsɛlɚ/ UK /ˈsɛlə/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like sailor /ɛ/ vs /eɪ/

Freq #10904

Meanings

1

noun
a person or business that sells something

The seller agreed to lower the price.
2

noun
a product that sells, especially in a stated quantity

Her latest novel became a big seller.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person or business that... vendor marketer

Word family

Forms sellers

Derived forms bestsellerbetelsellerbirdsellerbooksellerbreadsellerdramsellerfishsellerfoodsellerfruitsellerhandsellerleathersellermegaseller

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Phrases (1)

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best seller
a book bought by a very large number of readers

Adjective + noun

Proverbs (1)

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The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller but one

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”).

seller Middle English *sellere Old English

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Topics

People & Society

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# seller

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈsɛlɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈsɛlə/
**Frequency rank:** 10904

## Meanings
1. a person or business that sells something
2. a product that sells, especially in a stated quantity

## Examples
- The seller agreed to lower the price.
- Her latest novel became a big seller.

## Derived Forms
- bestseller
- betelseller
- birdseller
- bookseller
- breadseller
- dramseller
- fishseller
- foodseller
- fruitseller
- handseller
- leatherseller
- megaseller

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: seller
- Root: *sellere

## 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”).

## AI Etymology
Seller is 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”). Important forms in the word's history include Middle English seller, Old English *sellere. In current use it includes senses such as a person or business that sells something and a product that sells, especially in a stated quantity.

## Topics
- People & Society

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