sales clerk

or sales·clerk

[ seylz-klurk ]

noun
  1. a person who sells goods in a store.

Origin of sales clerk

1
First recorded in 1930–35; sales + clerk

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How to use sales clerk in a sentence

  • After the preliminary training which every salesclerk receives, he or she is assigned to a department.

    The Romance of a Great Store | Edward Hungerford
  • Hardly less than the salesclerk does the wagon driver of the store have it in his power to make or lose friends for his house.

    The Romance of a Great Store | Edward Hungerford
  • Under each of these sub-heads, the salesclerk has collected a group of points necessary to their attainment.

    The Romance of a Great Store | Edward Hungerford
  • It helps to make the salesclerk a vital factor of the store organization.

    The Romance of a Great Store | Edward Hungerford
  • We have left milady's package where she left it, in the hands of the salesclerk who sold it to her.

    The Romance of a Great Store | Edward Hungerford

British Dictionary definitions for salesclerk

salesclerk

/ (ˈseɪlzˌklɜːrk) /


noun
  1. US and Canadian a shop assistant: Sometimes shortened to: clerk

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