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  • verb transitive To sell additional (products) to existing (customers).
  • verb intransitive To sell additional products to existing customers.

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Examples

  • You can cross-sell items this way and you will find that your online sales increase with repeat customers.

    Five More Goals To Improve Your Web Site | myFiveBest 2009

  • The reductions are part of a larger effort to adjust the retail unit amid regulatory curbs on revenue and a push from leadership to cross-sell customers who interact with the retail, corporate and wealth-management parts of the bank.

    BofA Cuts 100 Jobs Dan Fitzpatrick 2011

  • Hence, internet entrepreneurs sell, upsell and cross-sell when that first order is being taken.

    Marc Ostrofsky: David vs. Goliath: Internet Entrepreneurship vs. Corporate America Marc Ostrofsky 2011

  • "EmPower Research, a front-runner in social media with a uniquely process-driven culture, strong domain expertise and high-caliber senior management team, is a fantastic fit for our business, with numerous cross-sell opportunities, particularly in the pharmaceutical and CPG industries," Genpact President N. V. Tiger Tyagarajan said in the press statement.

    Genpact to Acquire EmPower Research Vibhuti Agarwal 2011

  • Then these rivals will cooperate and cross-sell their services in ways to confound regulators who pay lip service to creative destruction but still expect businesses to stay in their neat categories.

    Wild, Wild Wireless Jr. Holman W. Jenkins 2011

  • "We know as customers use our service they tend to become higher-quality online bankers," which "have lower attrition and tend to use their cards more and tend to be more receptive to cross-sell offers."

    BofA, Rivals Look to Get In on Groupon's Game Andrew R. Johnson 2012

  • The two companies have more than 80% customer overlap in the military, satellite and industrial markets, and Microsemi says the deal enables it to cross-sell more products and services to their customers.

    Microsemi to Buy Rival Actel for $430 Million Melissa Korn 2010

  • Print off collateral to cross-sell other products you might have and stick it in the box.

    Janine Popick: Think Big, Work Small: How to Get Your Startup Off the Ground Fast Janine Popick 2012

  • "This year, we have been able to leverage the strength of our customer franchise to expand our loan book and increase cross-sell, thus mitigating the effect of headwinds in a low rate market," DBS Chief Executive Piyush Gupta said in a statement.

    DBS Net Profit Up 28% on Trading Income Sam Holmes 2010

  • Yeah, Dave had to admit, but you could cross-sell and so on, so it wasn't so bad.

    I Don't Like What You Did Last Night Con Chapman 2011

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