salesman

salesman
One engaged in making sales, usually for another but sometimes in his own business. One trained in the work or art of salesmanship and having the ability to sell. A person or company employed, appointed, or authorized by dealer to sell, offer for sale or delivery, or solicit subscriptions to or orders for, or dispose of inquiries about, or deal in any manner in, securities within the state, whether by direct act or through subagents. Commonwealth v Boyle, 108 Pa Super 598, 165 A 521. A laborer for the purposes of a statutory exemption from execution. Hamberger v Marcus, 157 Pa 133, 27 A 681. See broker; traveling salesman.

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  • salesman — sales‧man [ˈseɪlzmən] noun salesmen PLURALFORM [ mən] [countable] MARKETING a man whose job is to persuade people to buy his company s products: • an insurance salesman ˌtravelling ˈsalesman MARKETING …   Financial and business terms

  • Salesman — Sales man (s[=a]lz man), n.; pl. {Salesmen} ( men). [Sale + man.] One who sells anything; one whose occupation is to sell goods or merchandise. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • salesman — index dealer, vendor Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • salesman — / seilzmən/, it. / sɛlezmɛn/ s. ingl. [comp. di sales vendite e man uomo ], usato in ital. al masch. (prof., comm.) [agente di vendita] ▶◀ commesso viaggiatore, piazzista, rappresentante …   Enciclopedia Italiana

  • salesman — 1520s, from gen. of SALE (Cf. sale) (Cf. craftsman, tradesman) + MAN (Cf. man) …   Etymology dictionary

  • salesman — /ingl. ˈseɪlsmən/ [vc. ingl., comp. di sale «vendita» e man «uomo»] s. m. inv. agente, funzionario di vendita …   Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione

  • salesman — (or saleswoman) ► NOUN ▪ a person whose job involves selling or promoting commercial products. DERIVATIVES salesmanship noun …   English terms dictionary

  • salesman — [sālz′mən] n. pl. salesmen [sālz′mən] 1. a man employed as a salesclerk ☆ 2. SALES REPRESENTATIVE …   English World dictionary

  • salesman — n. 1) a door to door salesman 2) a traveling salesman (BE also has commercial traveller) * * * [ seɪlzmən] a door to door salesman a traveling salesman (BE also has commercial traveller) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • salesman — [[t]se͟ɪlzmən[/t]] salesmen N COUNT: usu supp N A salesman is a man whose job is to sell things, especially directly to shops or other businesses on behalf of a company. ...an insurance salesman …   English dictionary

  • salesman — UK [ˈseɪlzmən] / US noun [countable] Word forms salesman : singular salesman plural salesmen UK [ˈseɪlzmən] / US 1) a man whose job is to sell the products or services of a particular company, especially by travelling to different places 2)… …   English dictionary

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