outsold
[out-sohld]
- simple past tense and past participle of outsell.
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outsell
[out-sel]
- to exceed in volume of sales; sell more than: He outsells all our other salespeople.
- to exceed in value or number of sales: a soap that outsells all other brands.
- Archaic. to obtain a higher price than.
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Origin of outsell
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Examples from the Web for outsold
Contemporary Examples
BlackBerry StormThe iPhone, remarkably, outsold Research in Motion last quarter.
Historical Examples
He outsold many men with actuarial minds, and extended knowledge.
The Psychology of SalesmanshipWilliam Walker Atkinson
The lady had a face like a thunder-cloud, and a form that, if whitewashed, would have outsold the "Greek Slave."
Among the PinesJames R. Gilmore
The lady had a face like a thunder-cloud, and a form that, if whitewashed, would have outsold the 'Greek Slave.'
outsell
- (tr) to sell or be sold in greater quantities than
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