outsold
Definition
- Verb (past tense and past participle of ):
- To have sold more than something else: "outsold" means to have achieved a higher volume of sales compared to a competitor or another product.
- To have been sold in greater quantities than: It indicates that one item, brand, or entity has been purchased by more customers than another.
Usage Examples
- (The newer version was bought by more people than the older one.)
- (Her book had higher sales numbers than any other book of that type.)
- (The expensive brand was purchased more frequently than the cheaper one.)
Advanced Usage
- "to be outsold by": used to show the comparative nature of sales performance.
- The company was outsold by its main rival in the third quarter. (The rival sold more products than the company did.)
- "outsold expectations": to have sold more than what was predicted.
- The product outsold expectations, leading to production delays. (It sold in numbers higher than forecast.)
Variants and Related Words
- Outsell (verb, present tense): to sell more than.
- They aim to outsell their competitors this year. (They want to achieve higher sales than their rivals.)
- Outselling (present participle): the act of selling more than.
- The budget line is outselling the premium range. (It is currently being sold in larger quantities.)
Synonyms
- Beat in sales: to surpass in the number of items sold.
- Sold better than: to have a higher sales volume compared to.
- Outperformed in the market: to have achieved greater commercial success.
Antonyms
- Undersold: to have sold less than a competitor.
- Lagged behind: to have lower sales figures than another.
Related Idioms
- To sell like hotcakes: to be sold very quickly and in large quantities.
- The limited edition outsold all others; it sold like hotcakes. (It was extremely popular and sold rapidly.)
- To leave in the dust: to outperform significantly.
- The new model outsold the old one so much that it left it in the dust. (It achieved far greater sales success.)
