sales clerk

American  

[seylz klurk] / ˈseɪlz ˌklɜrk /

Or salesclerk

noun

• sales clerks
  plural

1. a person who sells goods in a store.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• sales clerks
  plural

Etymology

Origin of sales clerk

First recorded in 1930–35; sales + clerk

Example Sentences

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sales clerk

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.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 12, 2024

His father was a barber, and his mother was a sales clerk at dress shop, according to the Charlotte Observer.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 2, 2023

At the Washington Irving Library, Sally Stewart, a 29-year-old sales clerk who is Black, said she, too, was more concerned about results than milestones.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2022

She started work at 14 as a sales clerk, before spending 34 years on the production line at a nearby Philips electronics factory, which closed 12 years ago.

From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2022

It was a woman, a sales clerk, no doubt.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood