sell up

vendere la casa, vendere l'attività

Vendere la propria casa o attività, spesso per trasferirsi o smettere di lavorare.

In inglese semplice: To sell your home or business, often because you want to move or stop working.

• They decided to sell up.
• We sold up and moved to Spain.
• Will you sell up when you retire?

Sinonimi: sell out

Espressioni comuni: sell up completely, sell up and retire

liquidare tutti i beni

Vendere tutti i beni di una persona o azienda per pagare debiti o ottenere denaro.

In inglese semplice: To sell everything a person or company owns to pay debts or get money.

• They sold up to pay their debts.
• The creditors sold him up after the business failed.
• She had to sell up everything to raise enough cash.

Come si usa: sell someone up (The creditors threatened to sell him up.)

Sinonimi: liquidate

Espressioni comuni: sell someone up, sell up everything

vendere un prodotto più costoso

Convincere un cliente a comprare un prodotto più costoso o una quantità maggiore.

In inglese semplice: To persuade a customer to buy a more expensive product or a larger amount.

• The staff are trained to sell up.
• She sold the customer up to a larger television.
• Can we sell up without putting pressure on customers?

Come si usa: sell someone up to something (The salesperson tried to sell me up to the premium package.)

Sinonimi: upsell

Contrari: downsell

Espressioni comuni: sell up customers, sell someone up