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upselling

upselling is the present participle and gerund of upsell.

Meaning of upsell

Verb

upsell (third-person singular simple present upsells, present participle upselling, simple past and past participle upsold)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To persuade a customer to buy more items, or more expensive items, than they had intended.
    • I gave up on subscribing to their SaaS because they wouldn't quit the constant attempts to upsell.
    Synonyms:
    sell up

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Questions about upselling

What is upselling the present participle and gerund of?
Upselling is the present participle and gerund of upsell.

Words near upselling in the dictionary

  1. upseeking
  2. upseeks
  3. upsell
  4. upseller
  5. upsellers
  6. upselling
  7. upsells
  8. upsend
  9. upsending
  10. upsends
  11. upsent

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Adapted from Wiktionary: upselling (page history and authors); upsell (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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