preselling

verb

present participle of presell
as in selling

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  1. selling
  2. marketing
  3. merchandising
  4. retailing
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  • Many advisors also aim to reduce your lifetime tax bill with such strategies as selling profitable assets during your lower income years.
    — Kate Dore, CFP®, EA,Kelli Grant, CFP®, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Fremantle, which has a first-look deal with Me+You, is selling the show globally.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of selling
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  • The dealer and his art gallery have been barred by a judge in New York from selling or marketing a collection of art at the center of a $2 million dispute.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 2 Oct. 2026
  • What happens from the dock to the storefront is the brand; everything else is marketing.
    — Allan Malcolm, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of marketing
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  • The Pacific Palisades store is sectioned out more into zones than the previous one; the company sat down with the buyers and visual merchandizing teams to be more strategic in allotment, whether carving out space for denim or The Row.
    — Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The merchandising giant Fanatics launched a 21+ prediction platform last year.
    — Marshall Cohen, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of merchandising
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  • Prices are at the lower spectrum of designer collections, with shirts retailing from about 400–450 euros and jackets from 1,000 to 1,200 euros.
    — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The 35 mm watch comes in either platinum or a silvered 18-karat Breguet gold, retailing for $203,300 and $184,800, respectively, and joins the house’s permanent collection.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 26 June 2026
Definition of retailing
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“Preselling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preselling. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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