presell

[ pree-sel ]

verb (used with object),pre·sold, pre·sell·ing.
  1. to sell in advance, as before manufacture or construction: to presell a planned house.

Origin of presell

1
First recorded in 1945–50; pre- + sell1

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British Dictionary definitions for presell

presell

/ (priːˈsɛl) /


verb-sells, -selling or -sold (tr)
  1. to promote (a product, entertainment, etc) with publicity in advance of its appearance

  2. to prepare (the public) for a product, entertainment, etc, with advance publicity

  1. to agree a sale of (a product) before it is available

  2. to sell (a book) before its publication date

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