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presell

verb

Etymology

From pre- + sell.

  1. derived from *selh₁-✻
  2. inherited from *saljaną✻
  3. inherited from *salljan✻
  4. inherited from sellan
  5. inherited from sellen
  6. prefixed as presell — “pre + sell”

Definitions

  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.

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