hard selling

noun [U] MARKETING

Definition

› the act of trying to persuade someone in a forceful and annoying way to buy or do something: The big electrical retailers are singled out for the hard selling of unwanted extended warranties.

hard-selling adjective › He was known for his hard-selling business techniques.

(Definition of hard selling noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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