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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 buy
Familiarity information: SALESMANSHIP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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