"selling" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈsɛlɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-selling.wav [US] Forms: sellings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛlɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} selling (countable and uncountable, plural sellings)
  1. Action of the verb to sell. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (action of the verb to sell): πώλησις (pṓlēsis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), بَيْع (bayʕ) [masculine] (Arabic), myyminen (Finnish), Verkaufen [neuter] (German)
    Sense id: en-selling-en-noun-i8TM3Gmk Disambiguation of 'action of the verb to sell': 100 0
  2. Skill at salesmanship. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (skill at salesmanship): myyntitaito (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-selling-en-noun-tCIffVB5 Disambiguation of 'skill at salesmanship': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈsɛlɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-selling.wav [US]
Rhymes: -ɛlɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} selling
  1. present participle and gerund of sell Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: sell
    Sense id: en-selling-en-verb-~OCVa6-A Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 14 85 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 1 16 82

Inflected forms

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