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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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 Sotheby’s opened a new salesroom and international collectors are arriving for the inaugural Art Basel Paris fair. Haruka Aoki, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for salesroom

Word History

First Known Use

1840, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 12 Sep. 2025.

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