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
If they can’t presell enough homes or beds to start construction, the project evaporates — and so does the money.
From New York Times ● Feb. 27, 2021
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
Graystone is currently preselling homes, and 60% of the introductory collection has been reserved.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 16, 2021
And developers can’t keep up with the thirst for new homes, which are preselling as soon as floor plans come to market.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 20, 2020
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
Before Amazon’s largess, Mr. Allen, like most indie filmmakers, financed his movies by preselling distribution rights.
From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2018
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
Nomura Securities, a Japanese financial services firm, estimates that there are still 20 million units of presold homes waiting to be finished, which would require $450 billion in funding to complete.
From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2024
About 2 million unfinished homes presold by developers have halted construction, according to estimates from S&P Global Ratings.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 20, 2022
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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