noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act of making such a sale.

Verb

1. 1
   To persuade a customer to buy more items, or more expensive items, than they had intended. intransitive, transitive

   "I gave up on subscribing to their SaaS because they wouldn't quit the constant attempts to upsell."

Example

More examples

"I gave up on subscribing to their SaaS because they wouldn't quit the constant attempts to upsell."

Etymology

From up- + sell.

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