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out⋅sold

  [out-sohld]
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–verb
pt. and pp. of outsell.

out⋅sell

  [out-sel]
–verb (used with object), -sold, -sell⋅ing.
1. to exceed in volume of sales; sell more than: He outsells all our other salespeople.
2. to exceed in value or number of sales: a soap that outsells all other brands.
3. Archaic. to obtain a higher price than.
Origin:
1605–15; out- + sell 1
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out·sell   (out-sěl')   
tr.v.   out·sold (-sōld'), out·sell·ing, out·sells
  1. To surpass (another) in an amount sold: a book that outsold all others of its kind.
  2. To outdo (another) in selling: a salesperson who outsold her colleagues.
out·sold   (out-sōld')   
v.  Past tense and past participle of outsell.
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