Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To sell (a service or investment) to a customer in a deceitful or misleading way.
- intransitive verb To engage in fraudulent sales practices.
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- verb UK, finance To sell misleadingly,
fraudulently , or in violation of laws or regulations.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The market's valuation, €17 billion, fell short of the €21 billion originally expected, and—perhaps more important— Cristóbal Montoro , slated to be budget minister if, as expected, the opposition Popular Party wins the November elections, opposes the Socialist government's plan to mis-sell … the state's inheritance.
Euro-Zone Mosaic Isn't a Pretty Picture Irwin Stelzer 2011
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The trouble is degrees mis-sell themselves to get 'bums on seats', and industry is pressuring degree courses to ditch the thinking for the doing because it can't be bothered to stump up the cash to train its own damned workforce.
What is Design History? Jonathan 2005
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The trouble is degrees mis-sell themselves to get 'bums on seats', and industry is pressuring degree courses to ditch the thinking for the doing because it can't be bothered to stump up the cash to train its own damned workforce.
Archive 2005-10-01 Jonathan 2005
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Labour leader Ed Miliband, who called for a crackdown on irresponsible bankers who take unacceptable risks or mis-sell products to customers, said: It is crucial we learn the right lessons from the financial crisis as we seek to ensure it does not happen again and build a different kind of economy that will meet the big challenges of the future.
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Labour leader Ed Miliband said regulators should be able to 'strike off' reckless City staff Irresponsible bankers who take unacceptable risks or mis-sell products to customers should be barred from the profession, Ed Miliband has said.
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Irresponsible bankers must be thrown out of the profession, Labour leader Ed Miliband Irresponsible bankers who take unacceptable risks or mis-sell products to customers should be thrown out of the profession, Ed Miliband has said.
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The trouble is, Microsoft field personnel will pick up the message and mis-sell Exchange archiving.
Ferris Research » Blog dferris 2010
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This, he added, "would make clear the excessive incentives they have to mis-sell the variable annuity, which has been the cause of regulatory problems in that area."
Financial Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha Lawrence Weinman 2010
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This, he added, "would make clear the excessive incentives they have to mis-sell the variable annuity, which has been the cause of regulatory problems in that area."
SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page Lawrence Weinman 2010
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Some people say that they are Out of Box Thinkers and hence they are eligible for higher remuneration - Out of Box Thinking is nothing but putting pressure on mid and lower level employees in order to achieve the budgets and force them to mis-sell the Insurance, MF, Forex
WN.com - Articles related to RBI seeks cap on hike in salaries of private bank CEOs 2010
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