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to outsell

to outsell

11 4.2
Sell more items than another product or brand
  • verb
  • /aʊtˈsɛl/
: superar en ventas
  • In 2012, e-books in some disciplines and genres began outselling print books for the first time.
  • outsell print books

But on the German music days, German wine outsold French wine by three bottles to one.

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Examples

  • That series outsold all the Harry Potter novels combined by, like, some crazy factor.

  • How many varieties of Girl Scout cookies outsell Thin Mints?

  • You guys work it out and outsell every phone on the planet.

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  • And his machines outsell my machines.

  • In what country does a milk based coffee drink outsell cola products?

  • Will the iPhone 5 outsell the 4 and 4S?

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  • The book would also have to outsell Ultimate Spider-Man, which has one of the biggest writers in comics.

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  • Well, it's the same reason that Toyota outsells VW many to one in the U.S. of A.

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  • The Nintendo 3DS managed to outsell the PS Vita by a massive 39:1 ratio.

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  • Outsell your competitors by offering better prices and customer service.

How Many Sold

to sell out
96 2.8
to outsell
11 4.2
to sell
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

outsell infinitive
outselling present participle
outsells third person singular
outsold past
outsold past participle

Morphology

outsell = sell (transparent) = out + sell

Productive English prefix 'out-' meaning 'to exceed' attached to the verb 'sell', so the meaning 'sell more than' is directly derivable.

Etymology

Outsell comes from the part out- meaning 'more than' and the simple verb sell, so it literally means to sell 'more than' someone else; that's why to outsell a product is to sell more copies or units than a rival.