Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

presell

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pre-sell
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To sell or obtain commitments to buy in advance of a formal offer to sell.

Example Sentences

"The Chicago dealer Kavi Gupta has presold — in large part through JPEGs — his current exhibition of paintings by Claire Sherman, a 2005 graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English sell English presell From pre- + sell.

Inflected Forms

presells (present, singular) preselling (participle, present) presold (participle, past) presold (past)

Questions

What does presell mean?: To sell or obtain commitments to buy in advance of a formal offer to sell.
Where does presell come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English sell English presell From pre- + sell.

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