buy+and+sell
31Buy — (b[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bought} (b[add]t); p. pr. & vb. n. {Buying} (b[imac] [i^]ng).] [OE. buggen, buggen, bien, AS. bycgan, akin to OS. buggean, Goth. bugjan.] 1. To acquire the ownership of (property) by giving an accepted price or… …
32Sell — (s[e^]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sold} (s[=o]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Selling}.] [OE. sellen, sillen, AS. sellan, syllan, to give, to deliver; akin to OS. sellian, OFries. sella, OHG. sellen, Icel. selja to hand over, to sell, Sw. s[ a]lja to sell,… …
33sell on — To sell (what one has bought) to someone else • • • Main Entry: ↑sell * * * ˌsell ˈon [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they sell on he/she/it sells o …
34sell a wolf ticket — AND sell wolf tickets v. to boast, bluff, or lie. (Originally black. Compare this with buy someone’s wolf ticket.) □ Freddie is out selling wolf tickets again. □ Are you trying to sell me a wolf ticket? …
35sell — ▪ I. sell sell 1 [sel] verb sold PTandPP [səʊld ǁ soʊld] 1. [intransitive, transitive] COMMERCE to give someone property, assets, goods, services etc in return for money: • Chrysler plans to raise c …
36Buy Side — The side of Wall Street comprising the investing institutions such as mutual funds, pension funds and insurance firms that tend to buy large portions of securities for money management purposes. The buy side is the opposite of the sell side… …
37sell short — verb 1. sell securities or commodities or foreign currency that is not actually owned by the seller, who hopes to cover (buy back) the sold items at a lower price and thus to earn a profit • Topics: ↑commerce, ↑commercialism, ↑mercantilism •… …
38sell sth on — UK US sell sth on Phrasal Verb with sell({{}}/sel/ verb (sold, sold) ► FINANCE, COMMERCE to sell something that you have bought to someone else: »They planned to buy the group, restructure it, and sell it on. sell sth on to sb »The bank buys the… …
39buy — see buy in the cheapest market and sell in the dearest you buy land, you buy stones; you buy meat, you buy bones why buy a cow when milk is so cheap? money can’t buy happiness one white foot, buy him; two white feet, try him; th …
40sell — see sell in May and go away don’t sell the skin till you have caught the bear buy in the cheapest market and sell in the dearest …
