| Main Entry: | salesperson |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | salesman/woman |
Synonyms: |
businessperson, clerk, dealer, peddler, rep, sales assistant, sales rep, sales representative, salesclerk, salesgirl, saleslady, seller, store clerk, traveling salesperson, vendor |
| Main Entry: | agent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person representing an organization or person in business |
Synonyms: |
abettor, actor, advocate, ambassador, assignee, assistant, attorney, broker, commissioner, delegate, deputy, doer, emissary, envoy, executor, factor, factotum, functionary, go-between, handler, intermediary, lawyer, mediary, middleperson, minister, mover, negotiator, officer, operative, operator, principal, proctor, promoter, proxy, representative, salesperson, servant, steward, substitute, surrogate, ten percenter, worker |
| Main Entry: | clerk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assistant |
Synonyms: |
agent, amanuensis, auditor, bookkeeper, cashier, copyist, counter jumper, counterperson, employee, notary, office helper, operator, paper pusher, paper shuffler, pen pusher, pencil pusher, receptionist, recorder, registrar, salesperson, secretary, seller, shopperson, stenographer, teller, transcriber, white collar, worker |
| Notes: | clergy first meant 'learning, scholarship' and clerk had the original meaning 'man ordained to the Christian ministry' |
| Main Entry: | distributor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wholesaler |
Synonyms: |
dealer, jobber, merchandiser, middleperson, salesperson, trader |
| Main Entry: | employee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person being paid for working for another or a corporation |
Synonyms: |
agent, apprentice, assistant, attendant, blue collar, breadwinner, clerk, cog, company person, craftsperson, desk jockey, domestic, hand, help, hired gun, hired hand, hireling, jobholder, laborer, member, operator, pink collar, plug*, representative, sales help, salesperson, servant, slave, staff member, wage-earner, white collar, worker, working stiff |
| Main Entry: | hawker |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | peddler |
Synonyms: |
colporteur, costermonger, huckster, pitchperson, salesperson, seller, street seller, street vendor |
| Main Entry: | huckster |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | peddler |
Synonyms: |
colporteur, costermonger, hawker, pitchperson, salesperson, seller, street seller, street vendor |
| Main Entry: | merchant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who sells goods |
Synonyms: |
broker, businessperson, consigner, dealer, exporter, handler, jobber, marketer, operator, retailer, salesperson, seller, sender, shipper, shopkeeper, storekeeper, trader, tradesperson, trafficker, tycoon, vendor, wholesaler |
Antonyms: |
buyer, customer |
| Main Entry: | middle person |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who acts as intermediary |
Synonyms: |
agent, broker, connection, distributor, entrepreneur, fixer, go-between, influence, interagent, interceder, intercessor, intermediate, intermediator, jobber, mediator, representative, salesperson, wholesaler |
| Main Entry: | peddler |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hawker |
Synonyms: |
huckster, salesperson, street vendor, vendor |