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
Recent Examples on the Web
The timepiece that ignited his interest was a 28-mm Tag Heuer Formula One, given to him around age 12 by his mother, who at the time worked as a salesperson at a Torneau boutique in New York.
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Ella Riley-Adams Jamie Sims Alice Newell-Hanson Jameson Montgomery Jameson Montgomery Caitie Kelly MacKenzie Oster, New York Times, 6 June 2024
Kendall Washington, a 27-year-old territory manager and medical device salesperson from San Diego, California, who currently lives in Dallas, Texas.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 4 June 2024
On June 4, when Mercury conjoins Jupiter and Venus conjoins the Sun in your second house of money and resources, your inner salesperson is activated.
—Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 May 2024
After the test drive with a car dealership employee, authorities allege Logan waited until the salesperson exited the vehicle and sped away with the car.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 22 May 2024
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Ella Riley-Adams Jamie Sims Alice Newell-Hanson Jameson Montgomery Jameson Montgomery Caitie Kelly MacKenzie Oster, New York Times, 6 June 2024
Kendall Washington, a 27-year-old territory manager and medical device salesperson from San Diego, California, who currently lives in Dallas, Texas.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 4 June 2024
On June 4, when Mercury conjoins Jupiter and Venus conjoins the Sun in your second house of money and resources, your inner salesperson is activated.
—Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 May 2024
After the test drive with a car dealership employee, authorities allege Logan waited until the salesperson exited the vehicle and sped away with the car.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 22 May 2024
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“Salesperson.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salesperson. Accessed 16 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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