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Meaning of sell up | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To sell one's business or other major asset (such as a home).
    intransitive
  2. To sell all (of the assets of a company or person), in order to reduce its debts or gain liquid money.
    British, transitive
  3. To upsell.

Examples

“[…] he was never known to give away a shilling or to do a good action, but was of a pleasant, sly, laughing mood, and would cut his joke and drink his glass with a tenant and sell him up the next day […]”
“Attracting consumers with a low-priced feature item and then pointing out weaknesses in order to sell up to a more expensive […]”
“He was not going to have salesman ^([sic]) sell up to a more expensive and more profitable car that was no better than his Ford.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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