"supersell" meaning in English

See supersell in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: supersells [present, singular, third-person], superselling [participle, present], supersold [participle, past], supersold [past]
Etymology: From super- + sell. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|super|sell}} super- + sell Head templates: {{en-verb|supersells|superselling|supersold}} supersell (third-person singular simple present supersells, present participle superselling, simple past and past participle supersold)
  1. (transitive) To sell in great quantities. Tags: transitive

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1978, Graham Kerr, The love feast, page 81:",
          "text": "We are now a nation growing up with our earliest instincts'^([sic]) being \"adjusted\" to a technological food manufacture — to respond to good-looking dead food is right, and to turn away from this supersold garbage is to encourage criticism.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, Samuel Crowther, A Basis for Stability, page 282:",
          "text": "The day of superselling and all that sort of thing is past. A good article does not need supersalesmanship, while a poor article can no longer be moved by any kind of salesmanship.",
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        "(transitive) To sell in great quantities."
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      "form": "supersold",
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        {
          "ref": "2003, Samuel Crowther, A Basis for Stability, page 282:",
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        "To sell in great quantities."
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        "(transitive) To sell in great quantities."
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