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SALESMANSHIP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does salesmanship mean? 

SALESMANSHIP (noun)
  The noun SALESMANSHIP has 1 sense:

1. skill in selling; skill in persuading people to buyplay

  Familiarity information: SALESMANSHIP used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SALESMANSHIP (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Skill in selling; skill in persuading people to buy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Context example:

he read a book on salesmanship but it didn't help

Hypernyms ("salesmanship" is a kind of...):

accomplishment; acquirement; acquisition; attainment; skill (an ability that has been acquired by training)

Derivation:

salesman (a man salesperson)


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