sell on

present singular third person sells on · participle present selling on · participle past sold on · past sold on

1. transitiveTo resell (goods or services).

   Rather than sell the company's products on commission they, like distributors, buy stock from head office and sell it on for profit.

   1994, Richard Welford, Kate Prescott, European business: an issue-based approach

2. transitiveTo convince (a person) of something; used with on.

   I have indeed been sold on renewable energy!

   2 more examples

   I was opposed to his ideas, but he sold me on them.

   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.

   2014 May 30, Will Butler, “The Mark of Cane”, in The New York Times Magazine