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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She's been a race director, a recruiter for Team in Training for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, a salesperson for a major pharmaceutical company, a blogger for Moogfest, a communications manager for Mission Health, a fitness instructor, and a health coach.
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Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 31 Jan. 2025
And these are often the salespeople that clearly need the coaching more than anyone else!
—Randy Illig, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
In a demonstration to farmers and farm equipment salespeople on a nearly 100 degree August day, Jonathan Aguilar, a biological and agricultural engineer at Kansas State University, took off his bucket hat and poured a bottle of water on his head.
—Katie Bernard, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
And lawmakers, advertisers, lobbyists and automobile salespeople are typically at the bottom.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2025
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Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 31 Jan. 2025
And these are often the salespeople that clearly need the coaching more than anyone else!
—Randy Illig, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
In a demonstration to farmers and farm equipment salespeople on a nearly 100 degree August day, Jonathan Aguilar, a biological and agricultural engineer at Kansas State University, took off his bucket hat and poured a bottle of water on his head.
—Katie Bernard, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
And lawmakers, advertisers, lobbyists and automobile salespeople are typically at the bottom.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Salesperson.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salesperson. Accessed 12 Feb. 2025.
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salesperson
noun
sales·per·son
-ˌpərs-ᵊn
: a person employed to sell goods or services
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