cross-sell

verb

To sell (additional products) to existing customers.

“We want salesmen who know how to cross-sell.”

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Meanings

verbcross-sell (third-person singular simple present cross-sells, present participle cross-selling, simple past and past participle cross-sold)

present singular third person cross-sells · participle present cross-selling · participle past cross-sold · past cross-sold

  1. ambitransitiveTo sell (additional products) to existing customers.

    We want salesmen who know how to cross-sell.

    1 more example

    The sales training program on cross-selling our best customers profitable advisory services.

nouncross-sell (plural cross-sells)

plural cross-sells

  1. The act of making such a sale.

Origin

From cross- + sell.

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APA

cross-sell. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cross-sell

MLA

“cross-sell.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cross-sell. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cross-sell,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cross-sell.

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