> "to sell" is most often understood to be completed transaction. That is certainly the understanding of laymen. However, if you talk to people who work in sal

> "to sell" is most often understood to be completed transaction. That is certainly the understanding of laymen. However, if you talk to people who work in sales, and look at their "pipelines" for creating sales leads, followup, closing, and whatever else they do, you get the sense that "selling" is actually an extensive, multi-part process. At least I think that's the view most sales professionals would have.