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outˈsell, v.
[out- 18, 18 b.]
1. trans. To sell for more than; to exceed in price when sold; fig. to exceed in value.
1611Shakes. Cymb. ii. iv. 102 She stript it from her Arme:..Her pretty Action, did out-sell her guift. a1625Fletcher Noble Gentlem. ii. i. Wks. (Rtldg.) 264/1 His wines Were held the best, and out-sold other men's. 1770–4A. Hunter Georg. Ess. (1803) IV. 578 One of these little bullocks outsell a coarse Lincolnshire ox.
2. To have or secure a larger sale than.
a1687Petty Pol. Arith. (1690) 13 The Hollanders can out-sell the French. 1727Swift Woman's Mind 63 She has my commission To add them in the next edition; They may out-sell a better thing. 1961Webster s.v., Nonfiction..continues to outsell fiction in the bookstores—Publishers' Weekly. 1968Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 40 (Advt.), Again in 1967, Islington Plymouth outsold every metro Plymouth dealer. 1976National Observer (U.S.) 10 Apr. 3/1 Washington outsold the Soviet Union, its nearest rival in the arms business, by almost two to one in 1974. 1977Times 29 Dec. 17/1 A fine car found itself being outsold on its home ground by Continental competitors. |