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'The X-Files' was a hard sell because people didn't know what it was. The network didn't understand what it was that they were buying, and at the beginning, they wanted us to have closure. They wanted us to put the cuffs on the bad guy at the end of each episode.
Chris Carter

Meaning of "hard sell" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HARD SELL

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HARD SELL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hard sell is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HARD SELL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hard sell

In advertising, a hard sell is an advertisement or campaign that uses a more direct, forceful, and overt sales message. This approach works in opposition to a soft sell.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HARD SELL

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hard roe
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hard sauce
hard science
hard scientist
hard shoulder
hard standing
hard tack
hard tick
hard up
hard wheat
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WORDS THAT END LIKE HARD SELL

agreement to sell
ainsell
Bussell
groundsell
hard-sell
Jack Russell
Mansell
mis-sell
nainsell
outsell
oversell
presell
resell
Russell
sell
soft sell
supersell
undersell
unsell
up-sell

Synonyms and antonyms of hard sell in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «hard sell» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HARD SELL

Find out the translation of hard sell to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hard sell from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hard sell» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

强买强卖
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

venta dura
570 millions of speakers

English

hard sell
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कठिन बेचने
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

من الصعب بيع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

трудно продать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

difícil vender
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হার্ড বিক্রয়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

difficile à vendre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menjual keras
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

schwer zu verkaufen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

押し売り
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

하드 판매
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hard sell
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khó bán
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கடின விற்க
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हार्ड विक्री
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

zor Satış
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vendita dura
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

trudno się sprzedają
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

важко продати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vinde greu
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σκληρό πωλούν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

harde verkoop
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

svårt att sälja
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vanskelige å selge
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hard sell

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HARD SELL»

The term «hard sell» is regularly used and occupies the 80.606 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HARD SELL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hard sell

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QUOTES WITH «HARD SELL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word hard sell.
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Chris Carter
'The X-Files' was a hard sell because people didn't know what it was. The network didn't understand what it was that they were buying, and at the beginning, they wanted us to have closure. They wanted us to put the cuffs on the bad guy at the end of each episode.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HARD SELL»

Discover the use of hard sell in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hard sell and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Hard Sell: Now a Major Motion Picture LOVE and OTHER DRUGS
Jamie Reidy is the guy who's been there, done that, and walked away with the insider stories.
Reidy, Jamie, 2010
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Hard Sell
Mr. Fisk Centers buys real estate on Mars, where he drives a supersonic car in a suicide race and visits a robot mortician for a sample embalming. Reprint.
Piers Anthony, 1993
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Hard Sell
Private detective Samuel Miller would like nothing more than to spend his vacation on the beaches of Rhode Island with a drink in his hand and a girl by his side.
Marc S. Blevins, 2005
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Why America is Such a Hard Sell: Beyond Pride and Prejudice
Using literature, political science, philosophy, and humor, the book explores some of the reasons for AmericaOs current predicament.
Juliana Geran Pilon, 2007
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Soft Soap, Hard Sell: American Hygiene in an Age of ...
Soft Soap, Hard Sell is for the reader interested in the history of social trends and American popular culture.
Vincent Vinikas, 1992
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The hard sell: an ethnographic study of the direct selling ...
In this work John Bone provides a lively and engaging insight into the social world of direct selling organizations.
John Bone, 2006
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Hard Sell - Mass Market: Now a Major Motion Picture LOVE & ...
Presents an insider look at the pharmaceutical industry from a former salesman of Viagra, discussing some of the questionable ways in which the drug was marketed and the tactics he used to persuade the doctors he visited to prescribe the ...
Jamie Reidy, 2010
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Bilingual Education: An Introductory Reader
... 145 Hard Sell: Why Is Bilingual Education So Unpopular with the American Public?
Ofelia García, Colin Baker, 2007
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Grooming, Gossip, and the Evolution of Language
Nonetheless, the lack of social contact, the lack of a sense of community, may be the most pressing social problem of the new millennium. Hard Sell around the Photocopier It is often said that more business is conducted on the golf course ...
Robin Dunbar, Robin Ian MacDonald Dunbar, 1998
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Hard Sell: Advertising, Affluence and Trans-Atlantic ...
Hard Sell offers a major new analysis of the techniques of advertising in the decades of post-war affluence and advertising's relationship to the social changes associated with growing prosperity.
Sean Nixon, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HARD SELL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hard sell is used in the context of the following news items.
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Greek PM faces hard sell on bailout deal - Business Insider
Athens (AFP) - Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was Tuesday to hold meetings with his parliamentary majority, faced with the tough task of ... «Business Insider, Jul 15»
2
'Hard Sell' Ahead for Iran Deal, But Congress Has No Real Kill …
President Obama on Tuesday announced a deal with Iran to curb its nuclear program, saying it is “not built on trust.” He could've been talking to ... «Defense One, Jul 15»
3
Skeptical Germans show Greek deal a hard sell to voters - Channel …
Since Mark Helfrich was elected to the German parliament in 2013, the conservative lawmaker has voted to extend Greece's bailout program ... «Channel News Asia, Jul 15»
4
Airlines face hard sell flogging face-to-face seating to passengers …
As if flying cattle class wasn't bad enough as it is, budget airlines now have a new instrument of torment to inflict upon long-suffering ... «The Drum, Jul 15»
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Skeptical Germans show Greek deal a hard sell to voters
ITZEHOE, Germany - Since Mark Helfrich was elected to the German parliament in 2013, the conservative lawmaker has voted to extend ... «TODAYonline, Jul 15»
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Fashion photographer says Men's Fashion Week is a tough sell
Men's fashion and a dedicated fashion week is a hard sell, even to those involved. "I don't wear fashion," said fashion photographer Erik ... «New York Daily News, Jul 15»
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The hard sell
David Stockton (Letters, 13 July) raised some valid points about the “hard sell” approach taken by some charities. I know the “chuggers” who ... «Scotsman, Jul 15»
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Raising smoking age to 21 could be a hard sell in Pennsylvania
FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2010 file photo, Marlboro cigarettes are displayed at a liquor store in Palo Alto, Calif. Legislation aimed at curbing youth ... «LancasterOnline, Jul 15»
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Renewables funding changes a hard sell to a distrusting public
When the federal Coalition set out to abolish the Clean Energy Finance Corporation in 2014 – only to be blocked in the Senate by the Palmer ... «Brisbane Times, Jul 15»
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McConnell: Potential Iran Nuclear Deal 'Hard Sell' in Congress
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said any nuclear agreement that emerges from talks in Vienna between Iran ... «Big News Network.com, Jul 15»

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