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oversell

 
Dictionary: o·ver·sell   (ō'vər-sĕl') pronunciation
tr.v., -sold (-sōld'), -sell·ing, -sells.
  1. To contract to sell more of (a stock or commodity) than can be delivered.
  2. To be too eager or insistent in attempting to sell something to.
  3. To present with excessive or unwarranted enthusiasm; overpraise.
oversell o'ver·sell' n.

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Continue a sales presentation after the customer has agreed to buy. Once the sale has been made, salespeople who keep talking run the risk that the customer will hear something unfavorable and cancel the order.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - sælge mere end man kan levere, gøre for meget ud af

Nederlands (Dutch)
meer verkopen dan men kan leveren, goede kanten van product overdrijven

Français (French)
v. tr. - vendre au-delà de l'offre/des disponibilités, employer des méthodes agressives pour vendre, trop vanter

Deutsch (German)
v. - zu viel Reklame machen für, mehr verkaufen, als man liefern kann

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (οικον.) πραγματοποιώ ακάλυπτες πωλήσεις, υπερπροβάλλω

Italiano (Italian)
vendere più di quel che si ha, lusingare, vendita in eccesso

Português (Portuguese)
v. - vender demais, superar cota, vender mais caro que

Русский (Russian)
продать сверх имеющегося в наличии, навязывать свои товары

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - vender con exceso, vender más de lo que se produce, hacer una propaganda excesiva de, venta en exceso

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - sälja mer än man kan leverera, sälja mer till sina kunder än de behöver, överdriva produktens förträfflighet

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
销售过多, 卖空

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 銷售過多, 賣空

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 너무 많이 팔다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 必要以上に売る, むりやり売り付ける, ほめすぎる, 売りすぎる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يفرط في البيع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮מכר יותר משביכולתו לספק, הפקיע מחיר, מכר בשיטות שיווק תוקפניות, הפריז בשבחים‬


 
 
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