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Dictionary: hard sell
 

n. Informal.
  1. Aggressive, high-pressure selling or promotion.
  2. A person or organization that resists pressure from salespeople; a difficult sales prospect.

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Aggressive sales practices aimed at pressuring a customer into completing a transaction quickly.
Example: The agent was a proponent of the hard sell. Accordingly, he tried to give buyers the impression that the home would be available for only a short period, that the deal offered might be withdrawn any time, and that they would not be afforded the opportunity to think over the decision.

 
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1.  An aggressive, high-pressure sales practice or promotion, as in Used-car salesmen tend to give you a hard sell. This expression gave rise to the antonym soft sell, a low-key sales approach that relies on gentle persuasion. [Colloquial; c. 1950]
2.  A difficult sales prospect, one who resists sales pressure. For example, Those brokers who call us at dinnertime find me a hard sell--I usually just hang up on them. [Late 1900s]


 
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: forceful and insistent advertising


 
 

 

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Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2007. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
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Idioms. The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
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