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presell

presell verb: to sell or obtain commitments to buy in advance of a formal offer to sell.

Verb

presell (third-person singular simple present presells, present participle preselling, simple past and past participle presold)

  1. To sell or obtain commitments to buy in advance of a formal offer to sell.
    • The Chicago dealer Kavi Gupta has presold — in large part through JPEGs — his current exhibition of paintings by Claire Sherman, a 2005 graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.2007 February 4, Jori Finkel, “You’ve Seen the E-Mail, Now Buy the Art”, in New York Times

Forms of presell

third-person singular presentpresells
present participlepreselling
past participlepresold
pastpresold

Origin of presell

From pre- + sell.

Questions about presell

What does presell mean?
Presell means to sell or obtain commitments to buy in advance of a formal offer to sell.
What part of speech is presell?
Presell is a verb.
What is the past tense of presell?
The past tense of presell is presold.

Words near presell in the dictionary

  1. preselections
  2. preselective
  3. preselector
  4. preselectors
  5. preselects
  6. presell
  7. presellar
  8. preselling
  9. presells
  10. presemantic
  11. presemifield

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