sell up

vendre sa maison, vendre son affaire

Vendre sa maison ou son entreprise, souvent pour déménager ou arrêter de travailler.

En anglais simple : 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?

Synonymes : sell out

Expressions courantes : sell up completely, sell up and retire

liquider tous ses biens

Vendre tous les biens d'une personne ou d'une entreprise pour payer des dettes ou obtenir de l'argent.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : sell someone up (The creditors threatened to sell him up.)

Synonymes : liquidate

Expressions courantes : sell someone up, sell up everything

vendre un produit plus cher

Convaincre un client d'acheter un produit plus cher ou une plus grande quantité.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : sell someone up to something (The salesperson tried to sell me up to the premium package.)

Synonymes : upsell

Contraires : downsell

Expressions courantes : sell up customers, sell someone up