presell

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verb

To sell or obtain commitments to buy in advance of a formal offer to sell.

OriginEnglish sell ← Middle English pre- ← Latin prae- →
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Meanings

verbpresell (third-person singular simple present presells, present participle preselling, simple past and past participle presold)

present singular third person presells · participle present preselling · participle past presold · past presold

  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.

    2007 February 4, Jori Finkel, “You’ve Seen the E-Mail, Now Buy the Art”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Englishsell
  10. Englishpresell

From pre- + sell.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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