outsellv.

Brit.

/ˌaʊtˈsɛl/, U.S.

/ˌaʊtˈsɛl/

Forms: see out- prefix and sell v.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out- prefix, sell v.

Etymology: < out- prefix + sell v.

†1. transitive. To sell for a higher price than (another thing); (also figurative) to exceed in value. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > selling > sell [verb (transitive)] > sell at more than value

oversell1576

outsella1616

a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) ii. iv. 102 She stript it from her Arme:..Her pretty Action, did out-sell her guift.

a1625 J. Fletcher Noble Gentleman ii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Dd4/1 His wines Were held the best, and out-sold other mens.

1647 Simpler Cobler Aggawam in N. Amer. Rev. (1815) Sept. 300 Common-wealths cost as much the making as Crownes; and if they bee well made, would yet outsell an illfashioned Crown, in any Market overt, even in Smithfield, if they could be well vouched.

1803 G. Culley in A. Hunter et al. Georgical Ess. (new ed.) IV. xxviii. 578 One of these little bullocks outsell a coarse Lincolnshire ox.

2. transitive. Of a person, company, etc.: to sell more than; to secure a larger sale than; (of a thing) to be sold in greater quantities than.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > selling > sell [verb (transitive)] > sell in specific manner

retail1365

tap1478

retaliate1640

outsella1687

wholesale1792

to sell short1852

hustle1887

brand1909

oversell1928

package1946

soft-sell1958

test-market1958

mass-market1959

sales-drive1962

bundle1969

cross-sell1972

up-market1972

onsell1979

a1687 W. Petty Polit. Arithm. (1690) 13 The Hollanders can out-sell the French.

1735 J. Swift Furnit. Woman's Mind in Wks. II. 416 She has my Commission To add them in the next Edition; They may out-sell a better Thing.

1854 J. Wilson Christopher North 214/1 It would outsell the Confessions even of the English Opium-Eater.

1890 Pub. Amer. Econ. Assoc. 5 49 He [sc. the manufacturer] discovers that he may lessen the cost of production, and thereby undersell and outsell his rivals in the trade by employing young people.

1913 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 22 Feb. 44/2 (advt.) Long ago these tires outsold every other tire in existence. Now this year's output, in all probability, will exceed two million tires.

1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 40 (advt.) Again in 1967, Islington Plymouth outsold every metro Plymouth dealer.

1994 Sunday Times 6 Mar. (Culture section) ix. 37/3 Vikram Seth has outsold Jilly Cooper with his 1,300-page doorstop. A Suitable Boy.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	outsell
释义	outsellv. Brit. /ˌaʊtˈsɛl/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈsɛl/ Forms: see out- prefix and sell v. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out- prefix, sell v. Etymology: < out- prefix + sell v. †1. transitive. To sell for a higher price than (another thing); (also figurative) to exceed in value. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > sell [verb (transitive)] > sell at more than value oversell1576 outsella1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) ii. iv. 102 She stript it from her Arme:..Her pretty Action, did out-sell her guift. View more context for this quotation a1625 J. Fletcher Noble Gentleman ii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Dd4/1 His wines Were held the best, and out-sold other mens. 1647 Simpler Cobler Aggawam in N. Amer. Rev. (1815) Sept. 300 Common-wealths cost as much the making as Crownes; and if they bee well made, would yet outsell an illfashioned Crown, in any Market overt, even in Smithfield, if they could be well vouched. 1803 G. Culley in A. Hunter et al. Georgical Ess. (new ed.) IV. xxviii. 578 One of these little bullocks outsell a coarse Lincolnshire ox. 2. transitive. Of a person, company, etc.: to sell more than; to secure a larger sale than; (of a thing) to be sold in greater quantities than. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > sell [verb (transitive)] > sell in specific manner retail1365 tap1478 retaliate1640 outsella1687 wholesale1792 to sell short1852 hustle1887 brand1909 oversell1928 package1946 soft-sell1958 test-market1958 mass-market1959 sales-drive1962 bundle1969 cross-sell1972 up-market1972 onsell1979 a1687 W. Petty Polit. Arithm. (1690) 13 The Hollanders can out-sell the French. 1735 J. Swift Furnit. Woman's Mind in Wks. II. 416 She has my Commission To add them in the next Edition; They may out-sell a better Thing. 1854 J. Wilson Christopher North 214/1 It would outsell the Confessions even of the English Opium-Eater. 1890 Pub. Amer. Econ. Assoc. 5 49 He [sc. the manufacturer] discovers that he may lessen the cost of production, and thereby undersell and outsell his rivals in the trade by employing young people. 1913 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 22 Feb. 44/2 (advt.) Long ago these tires outsold every other tire in existence. Now this year's output, in all probability, will exceed two million tires. 1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 40 (advt.) Again in 1967, Islington Plymouth outsold every metro Plymouth dealer. 1994 Sunday Times 6 Mar. (Culture section) ix. 37/3 Vikram Seth has outsold Jilly Cooper with his 1,300-page doorstop. A Suitable Boy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.a1616
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