salespeople
plural noun
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Definition of salespeople
: persons employed to sell goods or services
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The result is that the company has had to lay off at least a handful of salespeople and lost $1.2 million in the first quarter of 2018. — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, "The 5,000% price hike that made Martin Shkreli infamous is no longer paying off," 19 July 2018 SolarCity saw its share of national residential solar installations shrink in 2017, and the company has closed installation locations while laying off salespeople. — Megan Geuss, Ars Technica, "Report: Tesla’s latest production troubles are happening at its solar factory," 8 Aug. 2018 Some door-to-door salespeople will move into an area for a period of time and pitch unwanted and often fraudulent solicitations for a variety of products and services. — Leah Napoliello, Houston Chronicle, "BBB on Homes: Follow tips for dealing with door-to-door salesmen," 15 Mar. 2018 Women are more effective salespeople, women are better investors. — Recode Staff, Recode, "Full transcript: Business management expert and author Tom Peters on Recode Decode," 7 July 2018 There Ford purchased 14 dealerships and cut that number down to nine locations, and immediately half of the salespeople at those stores quit. — Ed Wallace, star-telegram, "Selling Autos Direct," 27 Jan. 2018 Meanwhile, general laborers have seen their wages bumped up a couple dollars to $12 or $13 an hour, which is at least a 30 percent premium over what most cashiers in the state earn and slightly more than what retail salespeople earn. — Bloomberg.com, "The Amazon Effect Is Reshaping Life in This Georgia County," 27 Feb. 2018 Kate and Andy, who reportedly met while working as salespeople at a Carter’s Men’s Clothing in Phoenix, Ariz., sold and stepped away from their company in 2006 to spend more time with their daughter. — Jessica Fecteau, PEOPLE.com, "Inside Kate and Andy Spade's 24-Year Marriage: 'They Seemed to Be a Perfect Couple'," 5 June 2018 After the training, the ambassadors will go back to their campuses to work alongside local New Belgium salespeople. — Gabby Ferreira, sacbee, "This brewery is looking for college ambassadors — and they're offering FREE BEER!," 10 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'salespeople.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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