outsell

[ out-sel ]

verb (used with object)

, out·sold, out·sell·ing.

1. to exceed in volume of sales; sell more than:

   He outsells all our other salespeople.

2. to exceed in value or number of sales:

   a soap that outsells all other brands.

3. Archaic. to obtain a higher price than.

outsell

/ ˌaʊtˈsɛl /

verb

1. tr to sell or be sold in greater quantities than

Word History and Origins

Origin of outsell¹

First recorded in 1605–15; out- + sell ¹

Example Sentences

For example, Porsche has delivered 5,367 Taycans so far this year, actually outselling the 911 by 259 cars.

From Ars Technica

Two titles have dominated the Switch’s sales charts, outselling the rest of the field by more than 10 million units.

From Popular-Science

The government should learn from a young advertising executive named Alan Pottasch who, in 1961, when Coke was outselling Pepsi by 6 to 1, advised Pepsi to “stop talking about the product and start talking about the user.”

From Time

Just weeks after its launch at the end of July, the low-speed pure electric EV began outselling Tesla in China.

From Quartz

Whether or not Google outsells Amazon’s and Roku’s CTV devices during this year’s holiday season, Google redoubling its efforts in CTV helps to highlight how flat the CTV playing field actually is and how much ground Google has already covered.

From Digiday

The fork had triumphed, though knives and spoons continued to outsell forks until the early 19th century.

From The Daily Beast

All went well until the Chinaman began to outsell the other, when the Italian remonstrated.

From Project Gutenberg

There are at least two American magazines which far outsell in England itself any British magazine of corresponding pretensions.

From Project Gutenberg

Her pretty action did outsell her gift, and yet enriched it too.

From Project Gutenberg

I see her yet; her pretty action did outsell her gift, and yet enriched it too.

From Project Gutenberg