"cross-sell" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cross-sells [plural]
Etymology: From cross- + sell. Etymology templates: {{af|en|cross-|sell}} cross- + sell Head templates: {{en-noun}} cross-sell (plural cross-sells)
  1. The act of making such a sale.
    Sense id: en-cross-sell-en-noun-0ek~LoOV Categories (other): English terms prefixed with cross- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with cross-: 51 49

Verb

Forms: cross-sells [present, singular, third-person], cross-selling [participle, present], cross-sold [participle, past], cross-sold [past]
Etymology: From cross- + sell. Etymology templates: {{af|en|cross-|sell}} cross- + sell Head templates: {{en-verb|cross-sells|cross-selling|cross-sold}} cross-sell (third-person singular simple present cross-sells, present participle cross-selling, simple past and past participle cross-sold)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To sell (additional products) to existing customers. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-cross-sell-en-verb-HzEXnVJr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with cross- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with cross-: 51 49

Inflected forms

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