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I have had almost every job under the sun, it feels like. One of the first jobs I took was as a door-to-door pest control salesman in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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Meaning of "salesman" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SALESMAN

salesman  [ˈseɪlzmən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SALESMAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Salesman is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SALESMAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

salesman

Sales

A sale is the act of selling a product or service in return for money or other compensation. Signalling completion of the prospective stage, it is the beginning of an engagement between customer and vendor or the extension of that engagement. The seller or salesperson – the provider of the goods or services – completes a sale in response to an acquisition or to an appropriation or to a request. There follows the passing of title in the item, and the application and due settlement of a price, the obligation for which arises due to the seller's requirement to pass ownership. Ideally, a seller agrees upon a price at which he willingly parts with ownership of or any claim upon the item. The purchaser, though a party to the sale, does not execute the sale, only the seller does that. To be precise the sale completes prior to the payment and gives rise to the obligation of payment. If the seller completes the first two above stages of the sale prior to settlement of the price, the sale remains valid and gives rise to an obligation to pay.

Definition of salesman in the English dictionary

The definition of salesman in the dictionary is Also called: saleswoman, salesgirl, saleslady. a person who sells merchandise or services either in a shop or by canvassing in a designated area Gender-neutral form: salesperson.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SALESMAN


bailsman
ˈbeɪlzmən
dalesman
ˈdeɪlzmən
foilsman
ˈfɔɪlzmən
groundsman
ˈɡraʊndzmən
islesman
ˈaɪlzmən
kinsman
ˈkɪnzmən
ombudsman
ˈɒmbʊdzmən
outdoorsman
ˌaʊtˈdɔːzmən
plainsman
ˈpleɪnzmən
spoilsman
ˈspɔɪlzmən
supersalesman
ˈsuːpərˌseɪlzmən
swordsman
ˈsɔːdzmən
talisman
ˈtælɪzmən
Tasman
ˈtæzmən
tradesman
ˈtreɪdzmən
tribesman
ˈtraɪbzmən
wealsman
ˈwiːlzmən
wheelsman
ˈwiːlzmən
Wiseman
ˈwaɪzmən
woodsman
ˈwʊdzmən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SALESMAN

sales representative
sales resistance
sales revenue
sales slip
sales talk
sales target
sales tax
sales trader
sales volume
salesclerk
salesgirl
Salesian
saleslady
salesmanship
salesmen
salespeople
salesperson
salesroom
saleswoman
saleswomen

WORDS THAT END LIKE SALESMAN

bedesman
bluesman
brakesman
businessman
desman
doorstep salesman
elder statesman
estatesman
gamesman
linesman
lodesman
meresman
plainclothesman
sharesman
sidesman
spokesman
statesman
talesman
tidesman
travelling salesman
used-car salesman

Synonyms and antonyms of salesman in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «salesman» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SALESMAN

Find out the translation of salesman to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of salesman from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «salesman» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

销售员
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

comercial
570 millions of speakers

English

salesman
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विक्रेता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مَنْدُوبُ الـمَبِيعات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

продавец
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vendedor
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিক্রয়িক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vendeur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jurujual
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Verkäufer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

セールスマン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

판매원
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Salesman
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người đàn ông bán hàng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விற்பனையாளர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सेल्समॅन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

satış elemanı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

venditore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ekspedient
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

продавець
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vânzător
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πωλητής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verkoopsman
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

säljare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

selger
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of salesman

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SALESMAN»

The term «salesman» is very widely used and occupies the 21.740 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SALESMAN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about salesman

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10 QUOTES WITH «SALESMAN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word salesman.
1
Woody Allen
There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman?
2
Marc Andreesen
When you're dealing with machines or anything that you build, it either works or it doesn't, no matter how good of a salesman you are.
3
Scott Bakula
You want to try and bring a character to life in an honest a way as you possibly can. It doesn't matter whether he's a doctor, an actor, a car salesman or a captain of a starship. If you can bring truth and honesty to that character, then your audience will believe you.
4
Shay Carl
I have had almost every job under the sun, it feels like. One of the first jobs I took was as a door-to-door pest control salesman in Raleigh, North Carolina.
5
Emanuel Celler
My wife - to-be and I went to see my father. Only he could answer the two questions before us: Shall we get married now? Shall I begin the practice of law, or continue being the successful wine salesman I had become, working my way through law school?
6
Julie Ann Dawson
A telemarketer has as much right to force people to listen to a sales pitch as a door-to-door salesman has to force himself into a home.
7
Brian Dennehy
From 1965 to 1974, I served the best possible apprenticeship for an actor. I learned firsthand how a truck driver lives, what a bartender does, how a salesman thinks. I had to make a life inside those jobs, not just pretend.
8
Norman Foster
In Britain, the idea one could go from blue-collar beginnings to the university was so far out, it was quite unthinkable. I took a variety of jobs to pay for tuition - from ice-cream salesman to night-club bouncer. Whatever earned the most money in the least time.
9
Al Franken
My dad didn't graduate from high school, ended up being a printing salesman, probably never made more than $8,000 a year. My mom sold real estate and did it part time.
10
Merv Griffin
Roger King is, without a doubt, the greatest salesman in the history of anything. And I don't ever limit him just to television. He could sell you anything.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SALESMAN»

Discover the use of salesman in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to salesman and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Greatest Salesman in the World
What you are today is not important... for in this runaway bestseller you will learn how to change your life by applying the secrets you are about to discover in the ancient scrolls. From the Paperback edition.
Og Mandino, 2011
2
Death of a Salesman: Certain Private Conversations in Two ...
In the spring of 1948 Arthur Miller retreated to a log cabin in Connecticut with the first two lines of a new play already fixed in his mind.
Arthur Miller, 2013
3
Death of a Salesman: Play in Two Acts
One of the great popular successes of recent Broadway history, this ingeniously constructed play offers a rare and skillful blending of two priceless theatrical ingredients--gasp-inducing thrills and spontaneous laughter.
‎1952
4
Hard Sell: Now a Major Motion Picture LOVE and OTHER DRUGS
Jamie Reidy is the guy who's been there, done that, and walked away with the insider stories.
Reidy, Jamie, 2010
5
Miller: Death of a Salesman
The first critical history of one of American theatre's most famous plays, Death of a Salesman.
Brenda Murphy, 1995
6
In Pursuit of the Traveling Salesman: Mathematics at the ...
This book shows how deep mathematical insights can arise from apparently simple questions, and how the results can be applied to that most human of objectives: to achieve a desired outcome in the best possible way.
William Cook, 2012
7
The Traveling Salesman Problem: A Computational Study
This book presents the latest findings on one of the most intensely investigated subjects in computational mathematics--the traveling salesman problem.
David L. Applegate, Robert E. Bixby, Vasek Chvátal, 2011
8
Birth of a Salesman: The Transformation of Selling in America
Kitch was re- minded of some of the hardships which a salesman encounters when he is guilty of unbusinessmanlike methods, and tries to make a customer believe that cabbage is good when it is rotten.”57 Drummers' groups thus began to ...
Walter A. FRIEDMAN, Walter A Friedman, 2009
9
I was an Elephant Salesman: Adventures Between Dakar, Paris, ...
A landmark bestseller in Italy, I Was an Elephant Salesman gives a name and a face to the thousands of anonymous African street vendors in cities across Europe.
Pap Khouma, Oreste Pivetta, 2010
10
Jesus, the Salesman: How to Use the Awesome Power of Persuasion
Discover how to get family, friends, and fellow workers to see and follow your point of view. Learn how to disagree without getting into an argument. R.W. Klamm can make it happen for you.
R. W. Klamm, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SALESMAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term salesman is used in the context of the following news items.
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How a Car Salesman Allegedly Kidnapped During a Test-Drive …
The salesman, from a dealership in Concord, California, 30 miles northeast of San Francisco, was on a test drive with a customer on Monday, according to the ... «ABC News, Jul 15»
2
My successor is a more adept salesman than me: Manmohan
Addressing the Congress chief ministers' meeting, Manmohan Singh said: "I have to acknowledge that my successor has been a more adept salesman, event ... «Times of India, Jun 15»
3
Man steals vehicle during test drive, deputies say
The St. Johns County Sheriff's Department has released a composite sketch of a man who allegedly stole a car from a salesman during a test drive Saturday, ... «WJXT Jacksonville, Jun 15»
4
West End Review: 'Death of a Salesman' with Antony Sher
Timed to mark Arthur Miller's centenary, “Death of a Salesman” proves grimly pertinent in austerity Britain. High school students are taught to see Willy Loman as ... «Variety, May 15»
5
Hutto man accused of trying to run over magazine salesman
The salesman, who was African-American, told officers he asked Jennings if Jennings was racist and Jennings “became even more upset and picked up a large ... «Austin American-Statesman, Apr 15»
6
Death of a Salesman review – Anthony Sher is explosive in Arthur …
Death of a Salesman review – Anthony Sher is explosive in Arthur Miller's classic ... with Harriet Walter, 'ramrod elegant' as Mrs Loman in Death of a Salesman. «The Guardian, Apr 15»
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Death of a Salesman five-star review – Antony Sher is extraordinary
Antony Sher as Willy Loman with Harriet Walter as his wife Linda in Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller at the Royal Shakespeare theatre. Photograph: ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
8
'Death of a Salesman' Opens New Season for Royal Shakespeare …
For the Royal Shakespeare Company, that battered soul at the center of “Death of a Salesman” is akin to the greatest of Shakespeare's tragic characters, a King ... «New York Times, Mar 15»
9
100-year-old salesman still at work at Wyoming car dealership
A Wyoming man loves being a car salesman so much, he's been at it for nearly seven decades, CNN reports. Derrell Alexander sold his first car in 1949, and ... «KABC-TV, Mar 15»
10
Vacuum salesman invited to boy's party moved the room to tears
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. — Ever since he was a 2-year-old boy, Dylan Johnson has had a passion for vacuum cleaners. Dylan, who has autism, was ... «fox5sandiego.com, Jan 15»

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