salesman

  • 1salesman — sales‧man [ˈseɪlzmən] noun salesmen PLURALFORM [ mən] [countable] MARKETING a man whose job is to persuade people to buy his company s products: • an insurance salesman ˌtravelling ˈsalesman MARKETING …

    Financial and business terms

  • 2Salesman — Sales man (s[=a]lz man), n.; pl. {Salesmen} ( men). [Sale + man.] One who sells anything; one whose occupation is to sell goods or merchandise. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 3salesman — index dealer, vendor Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 4salesman — / seilzmən/, it. / sɛlezmɛn/ s. ingl. [comp. di sales vendite e man uomo ], usato in ital. al masch. (prof., comm.) [agente di vendita] ▶◀ commesso viaggiatore, piazzista, rappresentante …

    Enciclopedia Italiana

  • 5salesman — 1520s, from gen. of SALE (Cf. sale) (Cf. craftsman, tradesman) + MAN (Cf. man) …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 6salesman — /ingl. ˈseɪlsmən/ [vc. ingl., comp. di sale «vendita» e man «uomo»] s. m. inv. agente, funzionario di vendita …

    Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione

  • 7salesman — (or saleswoman) ► NOUN ▪ a person whose job involves selling or promoting commercial products. DERIVATIVES salesmanship noun …

    English terms dictionary

  • 8salesman — [sālz′mən] n. pl. salesmen [sālz′mən] 1. a man employed as a salesclerk ☆ 2. SALES REPRESENTATIVE …

    English World dictionary

  • 9salesman — n. 1) a door to door salesman 2) a traveling salesman (BE also has commercial traveller) * * * [ seɪlzmən] a door to door salesman a traveling salesman (BE also has commercial traveller) …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 10salesman — [[t]se͟ɪlzmən[/t]] salesmen N COUNT: usu supp N A salesman is a man whose job is to sell things, especially directly to shops or other businesses on behalf of a company. ...an insurance salesman …

    English dictionary