“sell”

To sell goods, especially by traveling from place to place or through persistent promotion.

“He peddled handmade leather wallets at every street market from Austin to Nashville.”

Best for: Works well for informal or grassroots selling; slightly gritty and street-level in tone.

To offer goods aggressively and loudly in a public setting.

“She hawked her vintage prints on the corner of Fifth Avenue, voice cutting through the morning crowd.”

Best for: Best for scenes of energetic, pushy, or street-style selling; vivid and immediate.

To sell goods, particularly through a formal or mechanical channel.

“The cooperative vends locally grown produce directly to restaurants across the city.”

Best for: Clean and functional; suits commercial or transactional writing without emotional color.

To supply or sell goods, especially food or provisions, on a regular basis.

“The old shop had purveyed fine cheeses to the neighborhood for three generations.”

Best for: Elegant and slightly old-fashioned; ideal for artisan, culinary, or heritage contexts.

To sell something, often persistently or in an informal and slightly shameless manner.

“He flogged signed copies of his novel at every open-mic night he could find.”

Best for: British slang with a self-deprecating or irreverent edge; punchy in casual or humorous writing.

To deal in or trade a specific commodity, often used as a suffix to denote a seller of something.

“He mongered rare seeds to obsessive gardeners who treated each packet like treasure.”

Best for: Archaic and unusual as a standalone verb; best deployed for stylistic flair or period writing.