Selling

Examples

• Buying and selling was transacted by means of money in England then as well as now. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The dogfish are selling it somewhere else. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• The stock was then selling at about 25, and in the later consolidation with the Western Union went in at about 60; so that the real purchase price was not less than $1,000,000 in cash. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Those firms which had not previously used direct-by-mail advertising were now coming to realize the many advantages of that modern selling short-cut and were compiling large lists of names. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• A part of their wool and raw hides, they had generally an opportunity of selling for money. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• A sight of times better to be selling diments than nobbling about here. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The seller is almost always under the necessity of selling, and must, therefore, take such a price as he can get. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• I am away on leave this day--should have been gone in another hour--and that is to smooth it over, for my selling out. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• There was a hasty selling off, by the business government in control, of every remunerative public enterprise to private speculators. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Sooner than which, myself, says Mrs. Perkins, I would get my living by selling lucifers. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• This plan of selling the rights to the states seemed to promise better things for the inventor. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• I and the little Dutch boy, after returning from the town after selling our papers, thought we would take a hand at military affairs. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The commission charged for buying or selling is twelve and a half cents a share, so that on the usual order of one hundred shares, the broker receives twelve dollars and a half. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The employer of the flax dressers would, in selling his flax, require an additional five per cent. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• It makes a profit, likewise, by selling bank money at five per cent. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.

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