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noun

a unique or advantageous feature that appeals to the prospective buyer of a service, product, etc.: A generous discount is the chief selling point of the book club.

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Origin of selling point

First recorded in 1920–25

Words nearby selling point

sell in, selling, selling climax, selling floor, selling-plater, selling point, selling race, selling short, sell like hot cakes, sell-off, sell oneself

How to use selling point in a sentence

It’s a difficult needle to thread, to convey both optimism and caution, and there’s disagreement among scientists and experts over what should be the selling point of vaccines in the current moment.
Covid-19 vaccines are great — but you still need to wear a mask for now|Umair Irfan|February 9, 2021|Vox
Many of these offer Privacy as a major selling point – and as these issues become more evident in the public consciousness, there will likely be a gradual ebb of users to these other engines.
The future of Google and what it means for search|Pete Eckersley|February 5, 2021|Search Engine Watch
He touts his outsider status as a selling point in a campaign video.
Former Carlyle executive Glenn Youngkin joins race for Virginia governor|Laura Vozzella|January 27, 2021|Washington Post
Youngkin, 54 has never held elective office — and plans to use that as a selling point to voters sick of the current political climate, said campaign manager Garrison Coward.
Today in D.C.: Headlines to start your Tuesday in D.C., Maryland and Virginia|Teddy Amenabar, Justin Wm. Moyer|January 12, 2021|Washington Post

Youngkin, 54 has never held elected office — and plans to use that as a selling point to voters sick of the current political climate, said campaign manager Garrison Coward.
Political newcomer with ability to self-fund to enter race for Virginia governor|Laura Vozzella|January 11, 2021|Washington Post
The citizens of Stevens Point defeated fluoridation by a healthy margin.
Anti-Fluoriders Are The OG Anti-Vaxxers|Michael Schulson|July 27, 2016|DAILY BEAST
Deep, situational, and emotional jokes based on what is relevant and has a POINT!
Trolls and Martyrdom: Je Ne Suis Pas Charlie|Arthur Chu|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
To borrow an old right-wing talking point, these people are angry no matter what we do.
Harry Shearer on The Dangerous Business of Satire|Lloyd Grove|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Therefore, it is not possible for any F-35 schedule to include a video data link or infrared pointer at this point.
Pentagon Misfires in Stealth Jet Scandal|Dave Majumdar|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But the most important point I want to make is about what the press does now.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Our Duty Is to Keep Charlie Hebdo Alive|Ayaan Hirsi Ali|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
This is the first and principal point at which we can stanch the wastage of teaching energy that now goes on.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
His also was the intellectual point of view, and the intellectual interest in knowledge and its deductions.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II)|Henry Osborn Taylor
Judged from this point of view only, the elasticity provided by the new law is doubtless adequate.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
That is the only point in which one sees Liszt's sense of his own greatness; otherwise his manner is remarkably unassuming.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
When we speak against one capital vice, we ought to speak against its opposite; the middle betwixt both is the point for virtue.
Pearls of Thought|Maturin M. Ballou