sell (for)

verb

Definition of sell (for)next
as in to cost
to have a price of the house is selling for $200,000

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  • The former governor’s legal expenses have cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars, according to the state comptroller.
    — Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 7 June 2025
  • But these firings-and-rehirings have cost We the People untold millions.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 June 2025
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“Sell (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sell%20%28for%29. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.

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