seller

noun

sell·​er ˈse-lər How to pronounce seller (audio)
1
: one that offers for sale
2
: a marketed product that sells well, to a specified extent, or in a specified manner
a million-copy seller
a poor seller

Examples of seller in a Sentence

The seller said that the car was in excellent condition. We're the number one seller of appliances in the country. That book is our top seller.
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As Uso surpassed top stars like Roman Reigns and CM Punk to become WWE’s top merchandise seller, the Yeet movement catapulted Uso to not one but two of the most shocking upsets in WWE history. Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025 Dabney recalls that the seller was upgrading his solar array and getting rid of his current panels, which were about five years old. Bloomberg, Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2025 Auto workers face potential temporarily lay offs amid President Trump's new tariffs 02:17 Honda's hybrid hatchback is a semi-electric version of the Honda Civic, a top U.S. seller among small cars, according to the Detroit Free Press. Anne Marie D. Lee, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2025 Some of the results didn’t name a country of origin, but other product pages from the same sellers listed products as coming from China. Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for seller

Word History

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of seller was in the 13th century

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“Seller.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seller. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.

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