o|ver|sell

o|ver|sell
o|ver|sell «verb. OH vuhr SEHL; noun. OH vuhr SEHL», verb, -sold, -sell|ing, noun.
–v.t.
1. to sell to excess: »

At LaGuardia it turned out that the flight she was booked on was oversold (New Yorker).

2. to sell too much of: a) to sell more of (a commodity, stock, or other security) than can be delivered: »

We are badly oversold beyo our production capacity (Wall Street Journal).

 b) to sell more of (a commodity, stock, or other security) than one can support if prices rise.
3. U.S. Informal. to urge (a person) to buy something too aggressively or too long, often at the risk of losing a sale.
–v.i.
to sell more of something than can be delivered: »

Overselling is the second greatest complaint received by the board (New York Times).

–n.
excessive or overly aggressive selling: »

Out of this swam intercontinental hordes of…agents, PRO's, dealers, copywriters and columnists, all feverishly dedicated to the oversell (Punch).


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