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sell on en · VERB

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1. (transitive) To resell (goods or services).
   • Rather than sell the company's products on commission they, like distributors, buy stock from head office and sell it on for profit. 1994, Richard Welford, Kate Prescott, European business: an issue-based approach:
2. (transitive) To convince (a person) of something; used with on.
   • I was opposed to his ideas, but he sold me on them.
   • I have indeed been sold on renewable energy!
   • It made an impression, but it wasn’t enough to sell me on it. The cane stayed in storage. To me, it signified defeat, so I kept it out of sight at college, social events, job interviews — everywhere. 2014 May 30, Will Butler, “The Mark of Cane”, in The New York Times Magazine:

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