hard sell
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Noun
hard sell (plural hard sells)
- A sales technique of pressuring the potential buyer to agree to a purchase.
- Antonym: soft sell
- 1994 July 7, “COMPANY NEWS; Lockheed Set to Cut Price on F-16 Fighter”, in New York Times, retrieved 24 Mar. 2009:
- The Lockheed Corporation said today that it would reduce the price of its F-16 fighter plane, underscoring a new, aggressive posture. . . . "It's the old hard sell, which is necessitated by the market conditions both here and overseas," Mr. Dane said.
- A sales transaction which is challenging for the sales person to make; any act or object of persuasion which is challenging.
- 2009 March 24, Jane Taber, “Liberals fill coffers with pay-per-schmooze”, in Globe and Mail, Canada, retrieved 24 Mar. 2009:
- Mr. Ignatieff's predecessor, Stéphane Dion, was a hard sell on the fundraising circuit, but so far, the new leader has proven to be a draw.
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Adjective
hard sell
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) having pressure towards the potential buyer to agree to a purchase
Verb
hard sell
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) to conduct a hard sell; to pressure the potential buyer to agree to a purchase