presell
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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to promote (a product, entertainment, etc) with publicity in advance of its appearance
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to prepare (the public) for a product, entertainment, etc, with advance publicity
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to agree a sale of (a product) before it is available
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to sell (a book) before its publication date
Etymology
Origin of presell
Example Sentences
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It used to be that you would presell a home and then start construction, because homebuilding is less risky when you know there’s a buyer.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2022
The way it worked for the Panama City project was that the Trumps and their partners had to presell a certain number of units to be able to sell bonds to fund the project.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2018
“We’ve been using it for six months to presell condos at a New York City building where there won’t be a model until next summer, and we’ve already sold one-third of the units,” Dolenga says.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 23, 2017
Plug-and-play online platforms are making it painless to presell and fulfill products on demand, driving the increasing popularity of crowdfunding among Youtube celebrities.
From Forbes ● Dec. 23, 2014
I always push the organization to market or presell the items, particularly if there are specific high value lots.
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2011
Graystone is currently preselling homes, and 60% of the introductory collection has been reserved.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 16, 2021
Evergrande has fueled much of its expansion by preselling apartments, leaving it with hundreds of thousands of unfinished projects that it will need to complete or offload.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2021
Moselle, the luxury condo complex there, developed by Chicago-based Argent Group, is preselling units from $295,000 to $1.15 million, many of them designed with a view of the water and downtown skyline.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 6, 2018
They had planned to secure funding by preselling distribution rights, a common tactic in the independent film business.
From New York Times ● May 7, 2015
It's the highest preselling superhero movie ever, Los Angeles-based Fandango said.
From Los Angeles Times
New York City will soon get its first one — the 11-story luxury River’s Edge building, which is more than 85% presold.
From MarketWatch ● May 8, 2026
To start, all international distribution rights were presold to Focus Features during 2020’s virtual Toronto International Film Festival, giving the production an important financial footing, though not enough to ensure a big budget, Gordon said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2024
It caused an uproar when some property developers suspended construction on presold apartments because they lacked the funds to pay contractors and builders.
From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2024
The new album, Born Pink, set for release on Sept. 16, presold more than 1.5 million copies in a week, double the number of the group's first album, YG said.
From Reuters ● Aug. 19, 2022
My foreign rights agent, Danny Baror, has presold a number of foreign editions:
From Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
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