>>>So you're fine when "he/she/it sells" can mean any of
>>>- sells something
>>>- is being sold / sells itself
>>>- works in retail
>>>
>>>"he sells the book, and the book sells well".
>>
>>Q."How's the book going Steve (King)?"
>>A."Oh, it's selling (well)"
>>
>>Q."What's your job nowadays?"
>>A."I sell for a living"
>>
>>Q."What are you doing with all your stuff outside the garage?"
>>A."I'm selling it"
>>
>>No problem.
>
>OK, so what does "He sold" mean?
>- he used to work in retail
>- we got a good price for him at the slave market
>- he's the one who did the selling (as an answer to "who sold this thing?")
>- he betrayed
>- none of the above
>- any of the above

Geez, deja vue! I'm sure we covered this a year ago or more:

Given that there aren't any more slave markets in general you can dicount that one. Unless you're in the slave trade then "Where's that Ukraine girl gone?"/"Oh she sold" would be well understood.

"How are the Latvian girls doing?"/"They're selling (very well)/(like hot cakes)" - no problem. The other slave driver knows he's not talking about how well they performed at the bring'n'buy stall!

As for "betrayed" - one would say "sold out (to the enemy)"

I think I covered the rest in my examples.