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
Tacey Powers, the executive vice president and general merchandise manager for shoes at Nordstrom, urges shoppers to get fitted by a salesperson.
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Annie Midori Atherton, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2023
To my left, a Michael Kors salesperson chatted with a couple as, on my right, young men studied fancy watches in an I.W.C. Schaffhausen.
—Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
She’s held various jobs, from tech salesperson to blogger.
—Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 8 Sep. 2023
From there, the bot powered by OpenAI’s technology via Microsoft’s cloud functions similarly to Twilio’s but also shows the salesperson a confidence score for every answer.
—Paresh Dave, WIRED, 5 Oct. 2023
Young Chinese take a stand against pressures of modern life — by lying down
Over at the Pacific Department Store shopping mall, shoppers flooded in on its last day of operation, jostling with salespeople boxing up inventory.
—Meaghan Tobin, Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2023
At the beginning of her career, Hardison held several roles in New York’s Garment District, becoming the first Black salesperson to work in a showroom, as well as an office manager and a fit model, per Vogue’s Joan Morgan.
—Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Sep. 2023
The retailer expects to have 500 people on staff in its new Chandler store, including cashiers, salespeople, stockers and Ferris wheel attendants.
—The Arizona Republic, 8 Aug. 2023
Google has just begun rolling out the RFP tool to its salespeople and expects to save tens of thousands of hours of labor annually.
—Paresh Dave, WIRED, 5 Oct. 2023
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Annie Midori Atherton, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2023
To my left, a Michael Kors salesperson chatted with a couple as, on my right, young men studied fancy watches in an I.W.C. Schaffhausen.
—Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
She’s held various jobs, from tech salesperson to blogger.
—Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 8 Sep. 2023
From there, the bot powered by OpenAI’s technology via Microsoft’s cloud functions similarly to Twilio’s but also shows the salesperson a confidence score for every answer.
—Paresh Dave, WIRED, 5 Oct. 2023
Young Chinese take a stand against pressures of modern life — by lying down
Over at the Pacific Department Store shopping mall, shoppers flooded in on its last day of operation, jostling with salespeople boxing up inventory.
—Meaghan Tobin, Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2023
At the beginning of her career, Hardison held several roles in New York’s Garment District, becoming the first Black salesperson to work in a showroom, as well as an office manager and a fit model, per Vogue’s Joan Morgan.
—Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Sep. 2023
The retailer expects to have 500 people on staff in its new Chandler store, including cashiers, salespeople, stockers and Ferris wheel attendants.
—The Arizona Republic, 8 Aug. 2023
Google has just begun rolling out the RFP tool to its salespeople and expects to save tens of thousands of hours of labor annually.
—Paresh Dave, WIRED, 5 Oct. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1844, in the meaning defined above
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“Salesperson.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salesperson. Accessed 4 Dec. 2023.
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salesperson
noun
sales·per·son
-ˌpərs-ᵊn
: a person employed to sell goods or services
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