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Definition of Oversell
1. v. t. To sell for a higher price than; to exceed in selling price.
Definition of Oversell
1. Verb. (transitive) To agree to sell more of something than one can supply. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To be too eager in attempting to sell something. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To praise something to excess. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Oversell
1. to sell more of than can be delivered [v -SOLD, -SELLING, -SELLS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oversell
Literary usage of Oversell
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Waste in Industry by American Engineering Council (1921)
"It is common practice for manufacturers to oversell the dealers and oversell
their own manufacturing capacity. They make and deliver what they can, ..."
2. Nature Displayed in Her Mode of Teaching Language to Man: Being a New and by Nicolas Gouin Dufief (1834)
"To oversell. II n'a répondu à aucune de mes lettres. He has answered none of my
letters- II я perdu ... It û the interest of a shopkeeper never to oversell. ..."
3. Nature Displayed in Her Mode of Teaching Language to Man: Being a New and by Nicolas Gouin Dufief (1825)
"To oversell. I Nos poules commencent déjà à pondre. I Our hens already begin to
foy egg"»- I Je ... It is the interest of a shopkeeper never to oversell. ..."
4. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1870)
"... setting the Boats with Poles, but it is looked upon as hazardous, if the Stream
should cant the Boat sideways would be then liable to Stave or oversell. ..."
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