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
Multiplying that with the hundreds of monthly meetings recruiters or salespeople schedule and removing that monotony would be one effective way to apply AI to a common business problem.
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Stephen Hsu, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
Among the largest occupations for women, the most egregious pay gaps were among financial managers (women earned 71% of every dollar a man earns), retail salesperson (72%), education and child care administrators (79%), administrative assistants (80%) and managers (81%).
—Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 12 Mar. 2024
The portrait of Britt—as, additionally, a QVC salesperson and one of the antagonists of Get Out—was not particularly revelatory.
—Esther Zuckerman, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2024
Other jobs at the bottom of the heap for their honesty and ethics: advertising pros, stockbrokers and insurance salespeople.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2024
The price slide is likely to continue, experts and salespeople said.
—Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 31 Mar. 2024
Several years ago, a blue-chip tech company switched CEOs, and that leader quickly discovered that its salespeople were vying with each other for client business.
—Tim York, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
The direct-sales pitch is that this woman can run a cottage industry from home in her spare time, on her own terms, without having to pay for a babysitter or a business degree, and surrounded by a like-minded community of effusive salespeople and instant friends.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2024
Thirty years ago, a customer had to schlep to a department store to sniff tester strips while fending off salespeople from all directions.
—Molly Young, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
Stephen Hsu, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
Among the largest occupations for women, the most egregious pay gaps were among financial managers (women earned 71% of every dollar a man earns), retail salesperson (72%), education and child care administrators (79%), administrative assistants (80%) and managers (81%).
—Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 12 Mar. 2024
The portrait of Britt—as, additionally, a QVC salesperson and one of the antagonists of Get Out—was not particularly revelatory.
—Esther Zuckerman, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2024
Other jobs at the bottom of the heap for their honesty and ethics: advertising pros, stockbrokers and insurance salespeople.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2024
The price slide is likely to continue, experts and salespeople said.
—Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 31 Mar. 2024
Several years ago, a blue-chip tech company switched CEOs, and that leader quickly discovered that its salespeople were vying with each other for client business.
—Tim York, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
The direct-sales pitch is that this woman can run a cottage industry from home in her spare time, on her own terms, without having to pay for a babysitter or a business degree, and surrounded by a like-minded community of effusive salespeople and instant friends.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2024
Thirty years ago, a customer had to schlep to a department store to sniff tester strips while fending off salespeople from all directions.
—Molly Young, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
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“Salesperson.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salesperson. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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salesperson
noun
sales·per·son
-ˌpərs-ᵊn
: a person employed to sell goods or services
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