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preselling

preselling is the present participle and gerund of presell.

Meaning of presell

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

Questions about preselling

What is preselling the present participle and gerund of?
Preselling is the present participle and gerund of presell.

Words near preselling in the dictionary

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

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