sales person

See also: salesperson

English

Noun

sales person (plural sales persons or sales people)

  1. Alternative form of salesperson.
    • 1914 November 22, “Where Customers Are to Blame: Hardships to Sales Persons Caused by Thoughtless Women Who Shop for Fun”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 May 2025:
      It has doubtless never occurred to her that, by returning these goods for no other reason than that she does not want them, she not only causes a loss to the owner of the store, but causes a definite shrinkage in the earnings of the sales persons who waited on her.
    • 2014 October 10, Kevin Roose, “Why Amazon Will Open a Retail Store, in 3 Charts”, in Intelligencer‎[2], New York, N.Y.: New York Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 October 2018:
      Most of us are just more comfortable shopping in stores — whether it’s because we want to try on clothes before we buy them, touch products to make sure they’re well made, or receive in-person assistance from a sales person.
    • 2016 May 6, Kristen Asleson, “Did you read what you just wrote?”, in Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn.: Post-Bulletin Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page A6, column 2:
      Day in and day out, administrative assistants, sales people, executives and people holding all types of positions continue to make silly errors in emails, correspondence, fliers and advertisements.
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