- hard sell
- noun Date: 1952 aggressive high-pressure salesmanship — compare soft sell
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hard sell — ˌhard ˈsell noun [singular] MARKETING 1. something that is difficult to sell or make popular: • Cheap solar panels could be the answer to the power shortage, but they are proving to be a hard sell. 2. when someone uses a lot of pressure to get… … Financial and business terms
hard´-sell´er — hard sell, Informal. 1. forceful and aggressive sales techniques; high pressure salesmanship: »A company chairman…started a conference of big businessmen with a warning against overusing the hard sell (Observer). 2. a difficult task of persuasion … Useful english dictionary
hard sell — noun singular 1. ) any method of selling in which someone tries very hard to persuade customers to buy something ─ compare SOFT SELL 2. ) AMERICAN a situation in which you have difficulty selling something or persuading someone to change their… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
hard sell — n [singular] 1.) a way of selling something in which there is a lot of pressure on you to buy ≠ ↑soft sell 2.) AmE if an idea is a hard sell, it is difficult to get people to accept it … Dictionary of contemporary English
hard sell — ☆ hard sell n. high pressure salesmanship hard sell adj … English World dictionary
hard sell — hard′ sell′ n. bus a method of advertising or selling that is aggressively insistent and direct (opposed to soft sell). • Etymology: 1950–55, amer … From formal English to slang
hard sell — If someone puts a lot of pressure on you to do or buy something, they are hard selling it … The small dictionary of idiomes
hard sell — ► NOUN ▪ a policy or technique of aggressive selling or advertising … English terms dictionary
hard sell — noun forceful and insistent advertising • Hypernyms: ↑advertising, ↑publicizing * * * noun : aggressive high pressure selling or salesmanship often used with the everyone had keyed himself up to the hard sell Business Week compare soft sell * * * … Useful english dictionary
hard-sell — /hahrd sel /, v., hard sold, hard selling, adj. v.t., v.i. 1. to sell or advertise (something) in a forceful and insistent way: to hard sell new car models to reluctant buyers. 2. to convince (someone) in a forceful and insistent way: to hard… … Useful english dictionary
hard sell — {n.}, {informal} A kind of salesmanship characterized by great vigor, aggressive persuasion, and great eagerness on the part of the person selling something; opposed to soft sell . * /Your hard sell turns off a lot of people; try the soft sell… … Dictionary of American idioms
