seller English · revision 10546

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 1200|origins=en sell}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ˈsel.ə/, US /ˈsel.ɚ/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is an agent noun from [[sell]] and [[-er]].^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A person who sells, a merchant: about 1200.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ A thing that sells well or poorly is from 1895 (compare ''bestseller''),^(OED 1989)^(SOED 2002) and a selling race, colloquially, from 1922.^(OED 1989) A ''seller's market'', where demand exceeds supply, is recorded by 1889 in Etymonline and 1934 in the OED.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1200 – one who sells.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1889 – seller's market.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1895 – something that sells well.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A person who sells; a [[vendor]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A product that sells in a given way: ''a good seller''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(horse racing)'' Short for a [[selling race]].^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[bookseller]]

+ * [[superseller]]

+ * [[bestseller]]

+ * [[seller's market]]

+ * [[short seller]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sell]]

+ * [[sale]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}