Thesaurus results for SALESPERSON

salesperson

noun

ˈsālz-ˌpər-sᵊn

Definition of salesperson

as in salesman

a person employed to sell goods or services especially in a store we asked the salesperson to see if there were any shoes in our size in the stockroom

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Recent Examples of salesperson Inbound and outbound travel through Heihe Port – a major border crossing connecting China’s northeast Heilongjiang province with the Russian city of Blagoveshchensk – remains normal, a salesperson at Heihe China Travel Agency told CNN on Wednesday. — Zahra Ullah, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026 In less time than that, the salesperson came back with my three watches and just gave them to me. — Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026 After the price was questioned, the salesperson consulted another employee and returned with a lower offer. — Kristine Lazar, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026 The salesperson walked me through the different design features during his visit and used a heat lamp to show me how effectively the window reduces heat transfer. — Jason Rueger, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for salesperson

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One salesman paid an American woman working at another store in the mall $10,000 to marry him.

— Monika Evstatieva, NPR, 14 Oct. 2026
Then, in 1851, an American lock salesman, Alfred Charles Hobbs, who worked for the lockmakers Day & Newell, managed to pick it.

— Shayla Love, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026

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An agent that can both draft and post a journal entry has the same segregation-of-duties problem as a clerk who can do both.

— Jacqueline DeStefano-Tangorra, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
The South Carolina Supreme Court overturned his convictions earlier this year, ruling that a court clerk influenced jurors during his trial.

— Jeffrey Collins, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026

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