Outsells

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. to achieve higher sales volumes than a competitor's offering to surpass another product in terms of total units sold to have greater sales performance compared to an alternative option available in the market
2. to generate more revenue than a rival item or brand to lead in sales figures when compared to other products to exceed the sales achievements of another competitor in a similar category
3. To have a higher number of sales compared to another product or brand

Etymology: "Outsells" is the third-person singular present form of "outsell", a verb built from the prefix "out-" and the verb "sell". The prefix descends from the Old English "ūt", meaning "outside" or "away from within", which also gave the modern word "out" its basic sense of movement beyond a boundary. Attached to "sell", it carries the idea of surpassing: one seller goes beyond another in the quantity of goods moved. The pattern is productive in English. Many "out-" verbs formed on existing verbs express doing something better or more than someone else, such as "outrun", "outperform", and "outlast". "Outsell" follows that same logic, so its meaning can be worked out from the two parts alone.

Synonyms: surpasses, exceeds, outperforms

Antonyms: fails, underperforms