outsell
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑʊtˈsɛl/
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Verb
outsell (third-person singular simple present outsells, present participle outselling, simple past and past participle outsold)
- (transitive, stative) To sell more than; to surpass in sales.
- The new smartphone is expected to outsell its competitors.
- Her latest book has already outsold her previous works.
- The company plans to outsell last year’s revenue with the new product.
- (transitive, stative) To sell at a higher price (than)
Translations
to sell more than
to sell at a higher price
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References
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “outsell”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- “outsell”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.