telesales

British

/ ˈtɛlɪˌseɪlz /

noun

Also called: telemarketing. telephone selling. (functioning as singular) the selling or attempted selling of a particular commodity or service by a salesman who makes his initial approach by telephone

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Example Sentences

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She works in telesales, but has not been able to access her salary since getting paid last week.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2023

PayPal agreed with Chongqing’s municipal government to set up the center to offer foreign exchange settlement, telesales, training, verification and other services, Dickson Seow, a Singapore-based spokesman, said in an e-mail today.

From BusinessWeek • Dec. 29, 2010

Once, though, he gave up comedy for telesales.

From The Guardian • Dec. 18, 2010

There have been disasters with prison telesales programs.

From Forbes • Jun. 10, 2010

Focused inbound telesales to an established but growing customer and dealer base.

From Time Magazine Archive

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