Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

selling

/ˈsɛlɪŋ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.81 in modern English

Syllables: sel-ling
IPA: /ˈsɛlɪŋ/

8

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Action of the verb to sell.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Skill at salesmanship.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

present participle and gerund of sell

name

A village and civil parish in Swale borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR0456).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"buyings and sellings"
"By WRIT radio I found "I Want To Hold Your Hand" by my sweet Beatles is No. 1 for 1964 as sellings and popularity in Milwaukee goes."
"You've got to work on your selling."

Usage

Inflected Forms

sellings (plural)

Derived Forms

bookselling megaselling nonselling sellingly slopselling teleselling

Phrases

best-selling consultative selling direct selling flag-selling host selling inertia selling panic selling pyramid selling

Synonyms

merchandising marketing

Rhymes With

telling yelling spelling compelling dwelling swelling smelling bestselling shelling retelling propelling expelling

Questions

How do you pronounce selling?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɛlɪŋ/.
What does selling mean?: Action of the verb to sell.

How to pronounce selling

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