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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exchange an object for money |
| Synonyms: | advertise, auction, bargain, barter, be in business, boost, clinch the deal, close, close the deal, contract, deal in, dispose, drum, dump, exchange, handle, hawk, hustle, market, merchandise, move, peddle, persuade, pitch, plug, puff, push, put across, put up for sale, retail, retain, snow, soft sell, soft soap, spiel*, stock, sweet talk, trade, traffic, unload, vend, wholesale |
| Notes: | a cell is a small compartment or the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms, while sell means to exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent |
| Antonyms: | buy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | assure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | convince, relieve doubt |
| Synonyms: | bag*, bet on, comfort, encourage, hearten, inspire, persuade, reassure, satisfy, sell on, sell*, soothe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bargain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | negotiate terms of sale or agreement |
| Synonyms: | agree, arrange, barter, buy, compromise, confer, contract, covenant, deal, dicker, do business, haggle, make terms, palter, promise, sell, stipulate, trade, traffic, transact |
| Main Entry: | bring in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a profit |
| Synonyms: | accrue, acquire, be worth, bear, bring, cost, earn, fetch, gain, get, gross, make, pay, produce, realize, return, sell, yield |
| Antonyms: | decrease, lose |
| Main Entry: | cheat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trick |
| Synonyms: | artifice, baloney, bamboozlement, bill of goods, bunco, chicanery, con, con game, cover up, cozening, deceit, deception, dirty pool, dirty trick, dodge, double-dealing, fake, fast one, fast shuffle, fix, flimflam, frame, fraud, gyp, hanky-panky, hoax, hoaxing, humbug, hustle, imposture, jazz, jive, plant, put-on, racket, rip-off, run around, scam, sell, shady deal, sham, shell game, snow job, spoof, sting, stunt, swindle, trickery, whitewash, wrong |
| Main Entry: | commercialize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prepare for saleability |
| Synonyms: | advertise, cheapen, degrade, depreciate, develop as business, lessen, lower, make bring returns, make marketable, make pay, make profitable, make saleable, market, sell |
| Main Entry: | convince |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gain the confidence of |
| Synonyms: | argue into, assure, brainwash, bring around, bring home to, bring to reason, change, demonstrate, draw, effect, establish, get, hook*, induce, make a believer, overcome, persuade, prevail upon, prompt, prove, put across, refute, satisfy, sell one on, sell*, sway, talk into, turn, twist one's arm, win over |
| Notes: | you convince someone to believe - but persuade someone to act to persuade is to get someone to do something; to convince is to get someone to think something |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | counterfeit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fake, forgery |
| Synonyms: | actor, bogus*, bum, copy, deceit, deception, dummy, facsimile, fraud, gyp, hoax, humbug, imitation, imposture, junque, phony, pseudo, put-on, reproduction, sell*, sham, simulacrum |
| Antonyms: | real thing, reality |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cross |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | betray, hinder |
| Synonyms: | backtalk, block, bollix, buck, crab, cramp, crimp, deny, double-cross, flummox, foil, foul up, frustrate, have bone to pick, impede, interfere, knock props out, louse up, obstruct, oppose, resist, sell out, sell*, snafu, stab in the back, stonewall, stump, stymie, take on, take wind out of sails, thwart |
| Antonyms: | abet, aid, assist, help |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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