1. to sell something before it is available or produced
Usage: business
2. to promote or advertise something in advance to create demand
Usage: marketing

Examples

• The company decided to presell the new smartphone model.
• They presold 10,000 copies of the book before publication.
• The marketing team worked to presell the concert to boost ticket sales.
• Publishers often presell novels to bookstores months in advance.
• The developer presold half the condominiums before construction began.
• Movie studios presell films to international distributors at film festivals.