Definition of outsell
outsold
play \ˌau̇t-ˈsōld\;outselling
transitive verb
1 archaic : to exceed in value
2 : to exceed in number of items sold
3 : to surpass in selling or salesmanship
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Examples of outsell in a Sentence
Diet sodas are now beginning to outsell regular sodas in the supermarkets.
We've been outselling our competitors for the past five years.
Recent Examples of outsell from the Web
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In England, for example, 33-rpm records didn’t outsell 78-rpm ones until the late 1950s.
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BMW delivered 5.2 percent more cars in the first quarter than a year earlier, compared with a 16 percent jump at Mercedes, which last year outsold its luxury brand rival for the first time in a decade.
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Last year for the first time, bottled water outsold soda in the United States, according to Beverage Marketing, a research and consulting company.
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The document shows Blu-ray outselling Toshiba’s rival HD-DVD format by a substantial margin this year — year-to date sales of 550,000 units vs. 250,000, respectively.
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First Known Use of outsell
circa 1616
OUTSELL Defined for English Language Learners
outsell
playDefinition of outsell for English Language Learners
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: to be sold more than (something)
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: to sell more than (another person, store, etc.)
OUTSELL Defined for Kids
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playDefinition of outsell for Students
outsold
\-ˈsōld\;outselling
: to sell or be sold more than Apples outsold bananas.
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