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salespeople

US /ˈseɪlzˌpipəl/

noun Advanced · C1 Nhân sự

Definition

a person employed to represent a business and to sell its merchandise (as to customers in a store or to customers who are visited)

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

The salespeople meet every Monday to discuss targets for the week.

Synonyms

  • sales repshaving a meaning similar to salespeople
  • sales teamhaving a meaning similar to salespeople
  • sales staffhaving a meaning similar to salespeople

Collocations

  • Easy hire new salespeople
    to hire new salespeople, meaning to engage or hire for work
  • Medium train salespeople on effective objection handling
    to train salespeople on effective objection handling, meaning to create by training and teaching
  • Hard incentivize salespeople through tiered commissions
    a collocation phrase: incentivize salespeople through tiered commissions
  • Very Hard deploy aggressive salespeople across regional hubs
    to deploy aggressive salespeople across regional hubs, meaning to place troops or weapons in battle formation

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