salespeople
[seylz-pee-puh l]
- people engaged in selling.
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Origin of salespeople
salesperson
[seylz-pur-suh n]
- a person who sells goods, services, etc.
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Origin of salesperson
Usage note
See -person.
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Examples from the Web for salespeople
Contemporary Examples
Patients are looking more like customers, and doctors more like salespeople.
According to reports from his salespeople, various Korean celebrities have been spotted in Canada Goose products in recent years.
If only salespeople were fuzzy and wagged their tails more, they'd probably find it easier to cooperate with the inevitable.
And finally there are the salespeople, who may not know that much about the math, but know how to talk a persuasive bottom line.
Historical Examples
Very naturally, the merchants and the salespeople did not like this.
The King's Cup-BearerAmy Catherine Walton
She had vaguely heard that shopwalkers in England could make or break the salespeople.
Winnie ChildsC. N. Williamson
And the several thousand salespeople in the huge store were slangily nicknamed "Peter Rolls's hands."
Winnie ChildsC. N. Williamson
In an instant she realized that the pads upon which salespeople did hasty sums must be called check books, anyhow in America.
Winnie ChildsC. N. Williamson
About hours—we close at the right time, but the salespeople are kept late, often very late, looking over stock.
Winnie ChildsC. N. Williamson
Word Origin and History for salespeople
salesperson
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper