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Seller Common

Seller has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money

"The online seller received a notification that their handmade jewelry had sold out within minutes of listing."

2

Someone who sells; a vendor; a clerk.

"The old recipe called for a barrel of wine to be stored in the cool, damp seller beneath the kitchen floorboards."

3

Obsolete spelling of cellar

In plain English: A seller is someone who gives you something and takes money for it.

"The seller at the market smiled warmly when I asked about the fresh vegetables."

Usage: A seller refers to anyone or any business that offers goods or services in exchange for money, functioning as the counterpart to a buyer. Use this term broadly rather than reserving it exclusively for retail clerks when describing vendors of all types.

Proper Noun
1

An English and Scottish topographic surname, derived from any of several places named Sell.

"The genealogist confirmed that our family name traces back to a medieval seller in Yorkshire rather than anyone who sold goods."

Example Sentences
"The seller at the market smiled warmly when I asked about the fresh vegetables." noun
"The seller was waiting patiently at the market stall for customers to arrive." noun
"My neighbor decided to sell his old car by becoming its official seller on an online platform." noun
"Every buyer should know that they are dealing directly with a licensed real estate seller." noun
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
merchant
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
ticket agent cosmetician flower girl fruiterer huckster peddler selling agent dealer underseller

Origin

The word "seller" comes from Middle English sellere, which was formed by adding the suffix -er to the verb "sell." This agent noun originally described a person who sells goods or someone who is sold.

Rhyming Words
ler eeler apler owler nhler ogler taler haler filer tyler eller abler siler maler loler miler euler idler wyler poler
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