telemarketing

[tel-uh-mahr-ki-ting]

noun

1. selling or advertising by telephone.

telemarketing

/ ˈtɛlɪˌmɑːkɪtɪŋ /

noun

1. another name for telesales

Other Word Forms

• telemarketer noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of telemarketing¹

tele- ¹ + marketing

Word History and Origins

Origin of telemarketing¹

C20: short for _tele ( _phone ) _marketing

Example Sentences

He tried telemarketing for a while in Las Vegas.

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Gay’s popularity took a hit in Season 3, as she stood by Shah, who repeatedly denied involvement in the telemarketing scheme only to plead guilty just before she was set to go to trial.

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Roughly 15 billion were telemarketing calls, and 8 billion were scams.

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Between cleaning houses and telemarketing, she started watching local stand-up for laughs.

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She told a judge that in 2012 she began taking part in a massive telemarketing fraud that prosecutors say cheated thousands of people nationwide for nearly a decade.

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