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Overselling

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o⋅ver⋅sell

  [oh-ver-sel] verb, -sold, -sell⋅ing.
Use Overselling in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to sell more of (a stock, product, etc.) than can be delivered.
2. to sell aggressively, as by using high-pressure merchandising techniques.
3. to emphasize the good points of excessively and to a self-defeating extent: She so oversold the picnic that I became convinced I'd have a better time at the movies.
–verb (used without object)
4. to sell something aggressively.
5. to make extreme claims for something or someone.
Origin:
1570–80; over- + sell 1
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o·ver·sell   (ō'vər-sěl')   
tr.v.   o·ver·sold (-sōld'), o·ver·sell·ing, o·ver·sells

  1. To contract to sell more of (a stock or commodity) than can be delivered.

  2. To be too eager or insistent in attempting to sell something to.

  3. To present with excessive or unwarranted enthusiasm; overpraise.

o'ver·sell' n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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