bestseller

Or best sell·er

[best-sel-er]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a book that is among those having the largest sales during a given period.
any product that among those of its kind is selling particularly well at a given time.
This car was a bestseller last year.

bestseller

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noun

a book, record, CD, or other product that has sold in great numbers, esp over a short period
the author of one or more such books, etc

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Other Word Forms

bestsellerdom noun
best-selling 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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A shot of a book titled “The Healing Messages of Water” lingers long enough for us to read that it was also a New York Times bestseller.

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Both of those acts are veteran bestsellers and have headlined festivals for decades.

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“And the whole thing took off and the company solidified around that success. We did many plays with KCRW. We recorded Arthur Miller’s ‘The Crucible,’ which still remains our No. 1 bestseller.”

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It's called "The Housemaid," and it's been on the New York Times bestseller list for a year and a half.

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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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