presell

English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ sell.

Verb

presell (third-person singular simple present presells, present participle preselling, simple past and past participle presold)

1. To sell or obtain commitments to buy in advance of a formal offer to sell.
   • 2007 February 4, Jori Finkel, “You’ve Seen the E-Mail, Now Buy the Art”, in New York Times‎:

     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.

Anagrams

• Pellers, Serpell, Speller, respell, speller