salesmanship

Noun

Meaning

skill in selling; skill in persuading people to buy

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

hawking flack purchase selling advertising marketing engagement disposal advocacy merchandising exhortation enlistment promotion buildup allurement

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Antonyms

loss prevention repulsion check ignorance constraint

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Hypernyms

skill acquisition accomplishment attainment acquirement

Phrases with the word

high-pressure salesmanship assertive salesmanship low-pressure salesmanship

Examples

The music of the soul is also the music of salesmanship. Exchange value, not truth value counts. On it centers the rationality of the status quo, and all alien rationality is bent to It. Herbert Marcuse

After you've written a story, the thing to do is sell it. Sounds simple, and it is, if one will follow certain basic principles of salesmanship. Erle Stanley Gardner

Salesmanship is limitless. Our very living is selling. We are all salespeople. James Cash Penney

He was in fact an adman: persuading, recruiting followers, finding the right words to arouse interest and create desires, in short exemplifying all the principles of modern salesmanship. Bruce Fairchild Barton

The most important secret of salesmanship is to find out what the other fellow wants, then help him find the best way to get it. Frank Bettger

It takes great salesmanship to convince a customer to buy something from you that isn't built or isn't finished. Fred Wilson

Close letter words and terms

salesmanish salesmanlike salesmanly salesmarketer salesmaster salespeople