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upsold

upsold is the simple past and past participle 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 upsold

What is upsold the simple past and past participle of?
Upsold is the simple past and past participle of upsell.

Words near upsold in the dictionary

  1. upsnatching
  2. upsoar
  3. upsoared
  4. upsoaring
  5. upsoars
  6. upsold
  7. upsolve
  8. upsolves
  9. upsolving
  10. Upson
  11. Upson County

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Adapted from Wiktionary: upsold (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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