sales clerk

Or sales·clerk

[seylz klurk]

noun

1. a person who sells goods in a store.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sales clerk¹

First recorded in 1930–35; sales + clerk

Example Sentences

Marrero, who used to work in the archives of the Venezuelan Congress in Caracas, found work selling telephones and then as a sales clerk at a convenience store owned by Venezuelan immigrants.

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She worked stints as an elevator operator at a private club and as a sales clerk, according to military records which also list her hobbies as swimming, bowling, golf and photography.

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I reached up to tussle his disheveled blond hair that is just like my mom’s, when I noticed a young 20-something sales clerk sneaking a glance at our tender moment.

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Let’s say a sales clerk at a boutique is paid $10 an hour; if she has to work 10 hours in a day because of high sales volume during the holidays, she will have be to be compensated at $15 per hour for the two overtime hours she put in, which means that she will make a total of $110 on that day.

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Ms. Trepova previously attended St. Petersburg State University and worked as a sales clerk in a vintage shop there before moving to Moscow earlier this year, the friend said.

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