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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Anniek Bao,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026
Changing that will require automakers and car salespeople to do a much better job explaining battery longevity and range, according to the consulting company.
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Many of Cremily’s salespeople had impressive track records.
—Sam Blum, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2026
But in my experience, on-duty car salespeople don’t really converse so much as work their way through a script to get whatever’s been sitting on the lot the longest into your driveway.
—Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 9 Apr. 2026
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Anniek Bao,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026
Changing that will require automakers and car salespeople to do a much better job explaining battery longevity and range, according to the consulting company.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 17 Apr. 2026
Many of Cremily’s salespeople had impressive track records.
—Sam Blum, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2026
But in my experience, on-duty car salespeople don’t really converse so much as work their way through a script to get whatever’s been sitting on the lot the longest into your driveway.
—Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 9 Apr. 2026
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“Salesperson.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salesperson. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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salesperson
noun
sales·per·son
-ˌpərs-ᵊn
: a person employed to sell goods or services
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