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salesmanship

[ seylz-muhn-ship ]

noun

  1. the technique of selling a product:

    They used a promotional gimmick that was the last word in salesmanship.

  2. adeptness at creating interest in new ideas, products, methods, etc.:

    The only ingredient lacking in the system was salesmanship.



salesmanship

/ ˈseɪlzmənʃɪp /

noun

  1. the technique, skill, or ability of selling
  2. the work of a salesman


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Word History and Origins

Origin of salesmanship1

1875–80; salesman + -ship; -manship

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Example Sentences

McMeel, a law school dropout once dubbed “Deals McMeel” for his gift for salesmanship, started his syndicate with friend Jim Andrews in 1970.

This is salesmanship, and of the most ingeniously manipulative kind.

On Wednesday, the president is taking his State of the Union proposals on the road in a bit of campaign-style salesmanship.

It is an unconvincing bit of salesmanship that betrays little perspective on himself, let alone the presence of core convictions.

But it was WMD, of course, that was the principal tool in the administration's salesmanship of the war.

In salesmanship, many subtle psychological principles are involved.

Such salesmen are no longer categorised with Csar's wife, and the new salesmanship is having its day.

Then he makes little or much money from salesmanship, according to his mental capacity.

Salesmanship requires mentality plus a pleasing personality.

The stage in all its forms is as natural a field to the Thoracic as salesmanship is to the Alimentive.

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