"best-selling" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|?|head=best-selling}} best-selling
  1. (marketing) Highly popular with consumers purchasing goods within a specific class. Categories (topical): Marketing Synonyms: bestselling (english: International) [Commonwealth, UK] Translations (superlative of well-selling): 最暢銷 (Chinese Mandarin), 最畅销 (zuì chàngxiāo) (Chinese Mandarin), menestys- (as in menestyskirja) (Finnish), à succès (French), meistverkauft (German), bestselgende (Norwegian Bokmål), bestsellerowy (Polish), przebojowy (Polish), szlagierowy (Polish), superventas (Spanish), bästsäljande (Swedish)

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