He left his lofty steed with golden self. Spenser.

If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor. Matt. xix. 21.

I am changed; I'll go sell all my land. Shak.

* Sell is corellative to buy, as one party buys what the other sells. It is distinguished usually from exchange or barter, in which one commodity is given for another; whereas in selling the consideration is usually money, or its representative in current notes.

You would have sold your king to slaughter. Shak.

To sell one's life dearly, to cause much loss to those who take one's life, as by killing a number of one's assailants. -- To sell (anything) out, to dispose of it wholly or entirely; as, he had sold out his corn, or his interest in a business.

I will buy with you, sell with you; . . . but I will not eat with you. Shak.

To sell out, to sell one's whole stockk in trade or one's entire interest in a property or a business.