salesperson
noun
sales·per·son
ˈsālz-ˌpər-sᵊn 
plural salespeople
ˈsālz-ˌpē-pəl
also salespersons
also salespersons
: a person whose job is to sell a product or service in a given territory, in a store, or by telephone : a salesman or saleswoman
Examples of salesperson in a Sentence
The company is hiring new salespeople.
we asked the salesperson to see if there were any shoes in our size in the stockroom
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The department stores employed as much as 50% more salespeople than competitors, reducing customers’ wait times and increasing sales volume.
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Stephen Miller / Bloomberg, TIME, 20 May 2024
There were 2,619 job postings for nurses, followed by posts for retail salespeople with 2,310, sales representatives with 1,201 and first-line supervisors of retail workers with 1,145.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2024
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Stephen Miller / Bloomberg, TIME, 20 May 2024
There were 2,619 job postings for nurses, followed by posts for retail salespeople with 2,310, sales representatives with 1,201 and first-line supervisors of retail workers with 1,145.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2024
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“Salesperson.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salesperson. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.
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salesperson
noun
sales·per·son
-ˌpərs-ᵊn
: a person employed to sell goods or services
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