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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By the time the salesperson juggles the numbers with the vehicle price, financing, dealer add-ons, and trade-in pricing, even savvy buyers walk out suspecting they were taken advantage of.
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Roger Dooley, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
Every time, the salesperson would comment about just how wide my feet were.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 11 July 2025
Frankly, he could have been mistaken as a dealership salesperson more so than as the CEO of a Fortune 500 company.
—Jamie L. Lareau, Freep.com, 9 July 2025
Beverly, 30, an insurance salesperson from Howard Beach, New York.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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Roger Dooley, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
Every time, the salesperson would comment about just how wide my feet were.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 11 July 2025
Frankly, he could have been mistaken as a dealership salesperson more so than as the CEO of a Fortune 500 company.
—Jamie L. Lareau, Freep.com, 9 July 2025
Beverly, 30, an insurance salesperson from Howard Beach, New York.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 2 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 23 Jul. 2025.
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salesperson
noun
sales·per·son
-ˌpərs-ᵊn
: a person employed to sell goods or services
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