SOFT SELL

Meaning of SOFT SELL in English

ˌsoft ˈsell BrE AmE noun [singular]

a way of advertising or selling things that involves gently persuading people to buy something ⇨ hard sell

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

SOFT SELL — noun Date: 1954 the use of suggestion or gentle persuasion in selling rather than aggressive pressure
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SOFT SELL — noun : the use of suggestion or persuasion in selling rather than aggressive pressure — compare hard sell
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SOFT-SELL — /sawft"sel", soft"-/ , v. , soft-sold, soft-selling , adj. v.t. 1. to promote (a product, service, etc.) using indirect or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SOFT SELL — a method of advertising or selling that is quietly persuasive, subtle, and indirect (opposed to hard sell ). [ 1950-55 …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SOFT SELL — Date: 1954 : the use of suggestion or gentle persuasion in selling rather than aggressive pressure — compare hard sell
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SOFT SELL — Function: noun Date: 1954 : the use of suggestion or gentle persuasion in selling rather than aggressive pressure ― compare …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SOFT SELL — ■ noun subtly persuasive selling. ■ verb ( soft-sell ) sell by such a method.
Concise Oxford English vocab
SOFT SELL — [soft sell] n (1954): the use of suggestion or gentle persuasion in selling rather than aggressive pressure--compare hard sell
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SOFT SELL — noun [ sing. ] a method of selling that involves persuading sb to buy sth rather than using pressure or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOFT-SELL — see soft sell
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOFT SELL — also soft-sell A soft sell is a method of selling or advertising that involves persuading people in a gentle way …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOFT SELL — also soft-sell A ~ is a method of selling or advertising that involves persuading people in a gentle way rather …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SOFT-SELL — see soft sell
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SOFT SELL — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ There is a relatively soft sell of the company's products or services and the copy …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SOFT SELL — Synonyms and related words : consumer preference study, consumer research, consumer survey, direct-mail selling, hard sell, hawking, high-pressure salesmanship, huckstering, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SOFT SELL — not pressuring the customer, showing the product and letting the customer decide I like the soft-sell guys - the ones …
English Idioms vocabulary
SOFT-SELL — subtle or unpressured selling/advertising technique (see hard sell).
Raynet Business and Marketing English Glossary
SOFT SELL — ненавязчивая реклама (коммерческое) скромная, ненавязчивая рекламма; тактичное пропагандирование достоинств
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SOFT SELL — ком. скромная, ненавязчивая реклама; тактичное пропагандирование достоинств
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SOFT SELL — ненавязчивая реклама
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SOFT SELL — ком. скромная, ненавязчивая реклама; тактичное пропагандирование достоинств
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
SOFT SELL — ком. скромная, ненавязчивая реклама; тактичное пропагандирование достоинств
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SOFT SELL — ненавязчивая реклама
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SOFT SELL — ненавязчивая реклама
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SOFT SELL — _n. ненавязчивая реклама
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
SOFT SELL — n. ненавязчивая реклама
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
SOFT SELL — I n infml I tried the soft sell but it didn't work — Я попытался ненавязчиво рекламировать свой товар, но все …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
SOFT SELL — I n infml I tried the soft sell but it didn't work — Я попытался ненавязчиво рекламировать свой товар, но …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
SOFT SELL — soft sell n infml I tried the soft sell but it didn't work Я попытался ненавязчиво рекламировать свой товар, но …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
SOFT SELL — I I tried the soft sell but it didn't work — Я попытался ненавязчиво рекламировать свой товар, но все равно …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
SOFT SELL — марк. мягкая продажа (техника продажи товаров, которая основана на мягком убеждении, низком уровне психологического давления на клиента) soft sell approach - …
Новый Англо-Русский толковый словарь по маркетингу и торговле
SOFT SELL — ненавязчивая реклама (коммерческое) скромная, ненавязчивая рекламма; тактичное пропагандирование достоинств
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SOFT — I. ˈsȯft also ˈsäft adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English softe, soft, from Old English sōfte, alteration (probably influenced …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SELL — I. ˈsel verb ( sold ˈsōld ; sold ; selling ; sells ) Etymology: Middle English sellen, from Old English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SOFT — — softly , adv. — softness , n. /sawft, soft/ , adj., softer, softest , n., adv., interj. adj. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SELL — sell 1 — sellable , adj. /sel/ , v. , sold, selling , n. v.t. 1. to transfer (goods) to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SOFT — I. ˈsȯft adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sōfte, alteration of sēfte; akin to Old High German semfti soft …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SELL — I. ˈsel verb ( sold ˈsōld ; sell·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sellan; akin to Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SOFT — superl somewhat weak in intellect. 2. soft ·superl weak in character; impressible. 3. soft ·superl gentle in action or motion; …
Webster English vocab
SELL — noun a cell; a house. 2. sell ·noun a saddle for a horse. 3. sell ·noun a throne or lofty …
Webster English vocab
SOFT — [soft] adj [ME, fr. OE softe, alter. of sefte; akin to OHG semfti soft] (bef. 12c) 1 a: pleasing or …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SELL — [sell] vb sold ; sell.ing [ME, fr. OE sellan; akin to OHG sellen to sell, ON sala sale, Gk helein …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SOFT — soft BrE AmE sɒft sɔːft AmE sɔːft sɑːft ▷ softer ˈsɒft ə ˈsɔːft- AmE ˈsɔːft ə r ˈsɑːft- ▷ softest …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SOFT — / sɒft; NAmE sɔːft/ adjective ( soft·er , soft·est ) NOT HARD 1. changing shape easily when pressed; not stiff …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SELL — / sel; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( sold , sold / səʊld; NAmE soʊld/) EXCHANGE FOR MONEY …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOFT — soft S2 W2 /sɒft $ sɒːft/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative softer , superlative softest ) [ Word Family: noun …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SELL — I. sell 1 S1 W1 /sel/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle sold /səʊld $ soʊld/) [ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SOFT — adj., adv., & n. --adj. 1 (of a substance, material, etc.) lacking hardness or firmness; yielding to pressure; easily cut. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SELL — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. sold) 1 tr. make over or dispose of in exchange for money. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SOFT — adj., adv., & n. adj. 1 (of a substance, material, etc.) lacking hardness or firmness; yielding to pressure; easily cut. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SELL — v. & n. v. (past and past part. sold) 1 tr. make over or dispose of in exchange for money. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SOFT — adj., adv., & n. --adj. 1. (of a substance, material, etc.) lacking hardness or firmness; yielding to pressure; easily cut. …
Oxford English vocab
SELL — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. sold) 1. tr. make over or dispose of in exchange for money. …
Oxford English vocab
SOFT — ( softer, softest) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Something that is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SELL — ( sells, selling, sold) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOFT — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a faint/soft click (= not loud ) ▪ There was only a faint click from …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SELL — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a selling point (= a quality or feature that makes people want to buy …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SOFT — (NOT HARMFUL) [adjective] [before noun] -er, -est - not causing great harm; of less strength or less unpleasant than other …
Cambridge English vocab
SOFT — Synonyms and related words : Mickey Mouse, accented, accepting, adoring, affectionate, afraid, alveolar, anemic, apical, apico-alveolar, apico-dental, articulated, assimilated, asthenic, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SELL — Synonyms and related words : abalienate, advertise, alien, alienate, amortize, argue into, assign, assure, ballyhoo, bark, barter, be convincing, be …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SOFT — adj. soft on soft boiled soft pedal soft shell soft soap soft spot soft touch
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SOFT — INDEX: 1. soft and easy to press or crush 2. soft and pleasant to touch 3. soft and wet 4. …
Longman Activator English vocab
SELL — INDEX: 1. to sell something 2. to sell illegal goods 3. to sell something to the person who offers the …
Longman Activator English vocab
SOFT — adj. 25B6; adjective soft fruit : MUSHY, squashy, pulpy, pappy, slushy, squelchy, squishy, doughy; informal gooey; Brit. informal squidgy. soft …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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