salesroom

noun

sales·​room ˈsālz-ˌrüm How to pronounce salesroom (audio)
-ˌru̇m
: a place where goods are displayed for sale
especially : an auction room

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For many of those clients, the goal is straightforward but emotionally charged: exit a contract that has become a source of stress, confusion, and financial strain, and reclaim a sense of control lost in a high-pressure salesroom. Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026 The meeting took place in the main salesroom, on the seventh floor, and consisted of a question-and-answer session with Tad Smith, the company’s chief executive. Sam Knight, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025 This was partly helped by Ford’s insistence that the newspaper be carried in his company’s salesrooms. George Pendle, airmail.news, 15 Mar. 2025 Sotheby’s was heaving before the 7 p.m. kick-off, with packed seats and an excited crowd thronged at the back of the salesroom. George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 5 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for salesroom

Word History

First Known Use

1840, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of salesroom was in 1840

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“Salesroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salesroom. Accessed 25 Mar. 2026.

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