sell on
English
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editsell on (third-person singular simple present sells on, present participle selling on, simple past and past participle sold on)
- (transitive) to resell.
- 1994, Richard Welford, Kate Prescott, European business: an issue-based approach:
- Rather than sell the company's products on commission they, like distributors, buy stock from head office and sell it on for profit.
- (transitive) To convince.
- I was opposed to his ideas, but he sold me on them.
- I have indeed been sold on higher inductive types!
- 2014 May 30, Will Butler, “The Mark of Cane”, in The New York Times Magazine[1]:
- It made an impression, but it wasn’t enough to sell me on it. The cane stayed in storage. To me, it signified defeat, so I kept it out of sight at college, social events, job interviews — everywhere.