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To sell misleadingly, fraudulently, or in violation of laws or regulations.
The firm is defending itself against fresh allegations of pensions mis-selling.
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mis-sell — ˌmis ˈsell also missell verb [transitive] COMMERCE to sell something that is unsuitable for the person buying it: • Half a million people were missold a personal pension, many being wrongly advised to leave company pension schemes. mis selling… … Financial and business terms
mis-sell — mis sells, mis selling, mis sold VERB To mis sell something such as a pension or an insurance policy means to sell it to someone even though you know that it is not suitable for them. [V n] The company has been accused of mis selling products to… … English dictionary
mis-sell — verb [often as noun mis selling] sell (something) to a customer for whom it is an inappropriate purchase … English new terms dictionary
mis-selling — mis sell ˌmis ˈsell also missell verb [transitive] COMMERCE to sell something that is unsuitable for the person buying it: • Half a million people were missold a personal pension, many being wrongly advised to leave company pension schemes. mis… … Financial and business terms
mis- — is a prefix with the meaning ‘badly, ‘wrongly’. Words formed with it do not need a hyphen, even when the stem begins with an s: misbehave, miscarriage, miscount, mismanage, misshapen, misspelling, misspent, etc. An exception is mis sell (= to… … Modern English usage
mis-selling — noun sell (something) to a customer for whom it is an inappropriate purchase. → mis sell … English new terms dictionary
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Sales — For other uses, see Sales (disambiguation). Salesman redirects here. For the 1969 American documentary film, see Salesman (film). A beach salesman showing necklaces to a tourist in Mexico … Wikipedia
Missionsgesellschaft — Mis|si|ons|ge|sell|schaft, die: Vereinigung zur Ausübung u. Unterstützung der christlichen Mission … Universal-Lexikon
