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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Randy Almanzar, 25, pretended to be a salesperson for a pest control service, then took advantage of a juvenile in Hazel Green, the Madison County Sheriff’s Office said in a July 30 news release.
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Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 31 July 2025
Vogler is a salesperson at the magazine, though at the small-city media company, everyone does a bit a bit of everything.
—Olivia Diaz, Chicago Tribune, 30 July 2025
According to local police, the conflict started when a salesperson tried to stop a shopper from taking a video of the product.
—Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 23 July 2025
Having a machine learning system determine the best vendor match for a contractor’s specific need is a huge shift from the company’s previous process in which salespeople spent all day on the phone calling rental yards.
—Sage Lazzaro, Fortune, 23 July 2025
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Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 31 July 2025
Vogler is a salesperson at the magazine, though at the small-city media company, everyone does a bit a bit of everything.
—Olivia Diaz, Chicago Tribune, 30 July 2025
According to local police, the conflict started when a salesperson tried to stop a shopper from taking a video of the product.
—Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 23 July 2025
Having a machine learning system determine the best vendor match for a contractor’s specific need is a huge shift from the company’s previous process in which salespeople spent all day on the phone calling rental yards.
—Sage Lazzaro, Fortune, 23 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for salesperson
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“Salesperson.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salesperson. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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salesperson
noun
sales·per·son
-ˌpərs-ᵊn
: a person employed to sell goods or services
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