[
US
/ˈseɪɫzmənˌʃɪp/
]
[ UK /sˈeɪlzmənʃˌɪp/ ]
[ UK /sˈeɪlzmənʃˌɪp/ ]
NOUN
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skill in selling; skill in persuading people to buy
he read a book on salesmanship but it didn't help
How To Use salesmanship In A Sentence
- I was captured by his brilliant salesmanship.
- After salesmanship, Bunbury tried his hand at a sort of teaching. THE FIVE MILLION DOLLAR PRINCE
- The proprietor prefers to be on the floor; hustling merch, schmoozing with the clientele and practising the salesmanship he learned 45 years ago.
- She compensated for her fading beauty, I saw, with aggressive salesmanship. DOUBTING THOMAS
- he read a book on salesmanship but it didn't help
- The conversation is a typical mix of subtle salesmanship and good humour.
- Familiarising new products among consumers goes a long way in sharpening their across-the-counter salesmanship.
- Politically, the idea is a potential disaster, which will take a lot of salesmanship and flowery prose to avert.
- A recruiter might learn new methods of salesmanship to sign up recruits.
- The capacity just to listen well to what people are telling you is an essential element of salesmanship.