salesperson
noun
sales·per·son
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Definition of salesperson
: a salesman or saleswoman
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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
Any legitimate salesperson will be able to provide you with positive identification for both themselves and their company. — Leah Napoliello, Houston Chronicle, "BBB on Homes: Lock down key guidelines for security companies," 8 July 2019 No foreign firm can fight for mass-market business in banking when Agricultural Bank of China has more than 20,000 branches, or in insurance when China Life has 1.7m salespeople. — The Economist, "Foreign financiers look past the trade war and ramp up in China," 4 July 2019 Most salespeople are not mechanics; most of them will have no earthly idea whether the car has a timing belt or a timing chain. — courant.com, "Car Talk: New Toyota Camry can do everything except play CDs," 17 June 2019 There will be new business, as the salespeople say. — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, "Why restore the Uptown Theatre at all? It's savvy, and plus there's a better reason," 5 July 2018 In the case of The Boys, the cracks come in the form of two people: mild-mannered tech salesperson Hughie Campbell (Jack Quaid) and Starlight, aka Annie January (Erin Moriarty), the newest member of Vought’s premiere superhero squad, The Seven. — Shana O'neil, The Verge, "The Boys is a bloody manic mayhem dream show," 24 July 2019 Truth be told, trying to be a salesperson for the first time during the most important meeting of your job search is a lot of pressure. — Kimberly Thompson, Houston Chronicle, "Career Rescue: Let technical skills shine during the interview process," 7 July 2019 Graves is 68 years old, personable and a successful Washington-area insurance agent and salesperson who wanted to stick up for annuities. — Washington Post, "When it comes to annuities, there are pros, cons and certain levels of risk," 6 July 2019 Some employees in the bank’s equities department, anticipating cuts, have cleared personal belongings from their desks, and salespeople have curtailed client calls and meetings, according to people inside the bank. — Jenny Strasburg, WSJ, "Deutsche Bank Considers Up to 20,000 Job Cuts," 28 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'salesperson.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for salesperson
salesperson
noun
English Language Learners Definition of salesperson
: a person whose job is to sell things
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salesperson
noun
sales·per·son
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Kids Definition of salesperson
: salesman
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