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cross-sell

cross-sell verb: to sell (additional products) to existing customers.

Verb

cross-sell (third-person singular simple present cross-sells, present participle cross-selling, simple past and past participle cross-sold)

  1. (ambitransitive) To sell (additional products) to existing customers.
    • The sales training program on cross-selling our best customers profitable advisory services.
    • We want salesmen who know how to cross-sell.

Noun

cross-sell (plural cross-sells)

  1. The act of making such a sale.

Forms of cross-sell

Verb
third-person singular presentcross-sells
present participlecross-selling
past participlecross-sold
pastcross-sold
Noun
pluralcross-sells

Origin of cross-sell

From cross- + sell.

Questions about cross-sell

What does cross-sell mean?
Cross-sell means to sell (additional products) to existing customers.
What part of speech is cross-sell?
Cross-sell can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of cross-sell?
The past tense of cross-sell is cross-sold.

Words near cross-sell in the dictionary

  1. cross-sectional
  2. cross-sectionalities
  3. cross-sectionality
  4. cross-sectionally
  5. cross-sections
  6. cross-sell
  7. cross-selling
  8. cross-sells
  9. cross-sensitisation
  10. cross-sensitization
  11. cross-server

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