soft sell
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soft sell
n.
A restrained, low-pressure method of selling or promotion.
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soft sell
n
(Commerce) a method of selling based on indirect suggestion or inducement. Compare hard sell
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soft′ sell′
n.
a method of advertising or selling that is quietly persuasive, indirect, and sophisticated (opposed to hard sell).
[1950–55]
soft′-sell′, v.t. -sold, -sell•ing, adj.
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Noun | 1. | soft sell - suggestive or persuasive advertising publicizing, advertising - the business of drawing public attention to goods and services |
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soft sell
n → persuasione f (indiretta) all'acquistoCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995