sell for (something)
sell for (something)
1. To be available for purchase for a particular amount of money. This computer normally sells for nearly $2,000, but it's on sale for just $1,000 this week. They announced that their new product would sell for £500.
2. To make something available for purchase at a particular price point. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "sell" and "at." They originally wanted to sell the video game console for $500, but when sales struggled to pick up, they reduced it to $350. In order to make a profit, we'll need to sell these for at least $30 apiece.
See also: sell
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
sell something for a certain price
to market something at a certain price. I think I can sell this for twice what I paid for it. This is selling for twice the price at the shop down the street.
See also: certain, price, sell
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- sell for a certain price
- sell at
- sell at (something)
- on consignment
- catch (someone) with his pants down, to
- bend the rules
- bend/stretch the rules
- rocket scientist, you don't have to be a
- cut somebody some slack
- level the field