The part of a business devoted to retail activities, such as a showroom or selling area of a shop or department store, usually manned by sales staff and having free public access with goods on display.

sales personnoun

Alternative form of salesperson.

sales pitchnoun

Talk or demonstrations intended to persuade a consumer to make a purchase, especially when vigorously delivered or exaggerated.

sales resistancenoun

A general reluctance on the part of a potential buyer to buying a product (as opposed to a specific, legitimate, concern or objection).

sales slipnoun

A receipt for a purchase.

sales taxnoun

A local or state tax imposed as a percentage of the selling price of goods or services payable by the customer and collected by the seller for the local or state authorities.

sales-ladynoun

Archaic form of saleslady.

salesbooknoun

A book containing a record of sales

salesbotnoun

A robot designed to sell goods or services.

salesboynoun

A boy who sells goods in a retail establishment; a young salesman.

saleschildnoun

A child or young person who is selling something.

salesclerknoun

Alternative form of sales clerk.

salescritternoun

A salesperson.

salesforcenoun

A team of salespeople.

salesgirlnoun

A young woman employed as a salesclerk.

salesgirlshipnoun

Salesmanship by a young woman.

Salesianadj

Of or pertaining to a Roman Catholic missionary society called the Salesians founded by Saint Francis of Sales in Turin.

salesitenoun

An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing copper, hydrogen, iodine, and oxygen.

salesladynoun

A woman who is employed as a sales clerk.

salesmannoun

A man whose job it is to sell things, either in a shop / store or elsewhere.

salesmanishadj

Like a salesman; salesmanly.

salesmanlikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a salesman.

salesmanlyadj

Resembling or characteristic of a salesman.

salesmanshipnoun

The skills and knowledge of how to sell.

salesmarketernoun

A salesman or saleswoman

salesmasternoun

One who sells goods on behalf of the owner.

salespersonnoun

A person whose job is to sell things, often in a shop or store.

salespersonshipnoun

Synonym of salesmanship.

salespointnoun

A location where things are sold; a retail outlet.

salesrobotnoun

A robotic salesperson.

salesroomnoun

The room where sales are made

saleswiseadv

In terms of sales.

saleswomannoun

A woman whose occupation it is to sell things.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English alphabetical index for the letter S contains 54,294 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 1,086 pages, and you are currently viewing page 30. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

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