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bestseller

or best sell·er

[ best-sel-er ]

noun

  1. a book that is among those having the largest sales during a given period.
  2. any product that among those of its kind is selling particularly well at a given time:

    This car was a bestseller last year.



bestseller

/ ˌɛˈɛə /

noun

  1. a book, record, CD, or other product that has sold in great numbers, esp over a short period
  2. the author of one or more such books, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌˈԲ, adjective
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Other Word Forms

  • sİ·dz noun
  • -iԲ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bestseller1

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90; best + seller
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Example Sentences

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But their fried chicken sandwich — made with crumbed chicken schnitzel, tarragon butter, lettuce and housemade pickle mayo on a steamed potato bun — is their bestseller.

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Her follow-up, “Little Fires Everywhere,” was a huge bestseller, guaranteeing Ng a devoted readership.

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In this insightful and engaging international bestseller, Harari discusses how we got to where we are, showing readers how even our species’ imperfections defined modernity and shaped our planet.

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The international bestseller, which was published in France in 2022, is drawn from Darian’s journals of the living nightmare that followed Dominique’s arrest.

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He wasn’t the only one writing at the White House; Hillary Clinton released “It Takes a Village,” which topped bestseller lists.

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