up-sell

verb

1. to attempt to sell a customer (additional or more expensive goods or services)

Other Word Forms

• up-selling noun

Example Sentences

There’s up-sell green screen photo ops, short films and demonstrations of motion-capture technology.

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A large portion of these entrepreneurs were coffin makers who saw the opportunity to up-sell their services by preserving and shipping bodies.

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“We will be able to cross-sell and up-sell with Dow Jones financial products and provide specialist insights for a knowing business audience.”

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It was nothing more than an up-sell, he said, laden with false promises.

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He still manages to up-sell bottles of wine to those picking up food, articulately espousing the virtues of Carricante versus Vermentino as he rings people up on the POS.

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