In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
OUTSELL
outsell
(verb) sell more than others; “This salesman outsells his colleagues”
outsell
(verb) be sold more often than other, similar products; “The new Toyota outsells the Honda by a wide margin”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
outsell (third-person singular simple present outsells, present participle outselling, simple past and past participle outsold)
(transitive) To sell more than; to surpass in sales.
(transitive) To sell at a higher price (than)
Anagrams
• sell out, sell-out, sellout
Source: Wiktionary
Out*sell", v. t.
1. To exceed in amount of sales; to sell more than.
2. To exceed in the price of selling; to fetch more than; to exceed in value. Fuller. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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