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
One salesperson might think that offering a 25% discount is fair.
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Chris Mele, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
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.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 19 May 2025
Besides nursing with its 1,939 job postings in April, the other top positions were retail salespersons (1,830 job ads), home health and personal care aides (1,232), and fast-food and counter workers (954).
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2025
For Niki Ye, a salesperson in southern China who sources toys for sale on Amazon, a 30% spike in orders since that announcement has meant her company is staffing up to meet demand.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 15 May 2025
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Chris Mele, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
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.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 19 May 2025
Besides nursing with its 1,939 job postings in April, the other top positions were retail salespersons (1,830 job ads), home health and personal care aides (1,232), and fast-food and counter workers (954).
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2025
For Niki Ye, a salesperson in southern China who sources toys for sale on Amazon, a 30% spike in orders since that announcement has meant her company is staffing up to meet demand.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 15 May 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 3 Jun. 2025.
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salesperson
noun
sales·per·son
-ˌpərs-ᵊn
: a person employed to sell goods or services
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