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| Domain | Definition |
Occupations | Solicits freight business from industrial and commercial firms and passenger-travel business from travel agencies, schools, clubs, and other organizations: Calls on prospective shippers to explain advantages of using company facilities. Quotes tariffs, rates, and train schedules. Explains available routes, load limits, and special equipment available, and offers suggestions in method of loading, crating, and handling freight. Calls on travel agents, schools, clubs, and other organizations to explain available accommodations offered by company. Quotes fares, schedules, and available itineraries offered to groups by company. Speaks to members of groups and organizations and exhibits travel movies showing points of interest along routes to stimulate interest in travel. Distributes descriptive pamphlets. Acts as liaison between shipper and carrier to obtain information for settling complaints. May specialize in soliciting freight or passenger contracts or may travel from community to community to solicit freight and passenger patronage and be designated Freight-Traffic Agent (air trans.; motor trans.; r.r. trans.; water trans.); Passenger Traffic Agent (air trans.; motor trans.; r.r. trans.; water trans.); Traveling-Freight-And-Passenger Agent (air trans.; motor trans.; r.r. trans.; water trans.). (references) |
| Sells products to business and industrial establishments or individual for manufacturer or distributor at sales office, store, showroom, or customer's place of business, utilizing knowledge of product sold: Compiles lists of prospective customers for use as sales leads, based on information from newspapers, business directories, and other sources. Travels throughout assigned territory to call on regular and prospective customers to solicit orders or talks with customers on sales floor or by phone. Displays or demonstrates product, using samples or catalog, and emphasizes salable features. Quotes prices and credit terms and prepares sales contracts for orders obtained. Estimates date of delivery to customer, based on knowledge of own firm's production and delivery schedules. Prepares reports of business transactions and keeps expense accounts. Classifications are made according to products sold as SALES REPRESENTATIVE, FOOD PRODUCTS (wholesale tr.); SALES REPRESENTATIVE, INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY (wholesale tr.). (references) | |
| Plans and promotes sale of new and custom-built homes for building contractor: Plans and organizes sales promotion programs and techniques in cooperation with suppliers of household appliances, furnishings, and equipment. Locates and appraises undeveloped areas for building sites, based on evaluation of area market conditions. Interviews prospective clients and shows homes under construction to display construction features and quality of work. Reviews plans and specifications for custom-built homes with client and ARCHITECT (profess. & kin.) to clarify costs and construction details in preliminary negotiations for contract. Recommends construction features and available decorating options, such as cabinet installations, to aid client in formulating plans. Answers questions regarding work under construction. May assess clients' financial status to determine eligibility for financing home through contractor. May arrange for sale of client's present home [SALES AGENT, REAL ESTATE (real estate)]. (references) | |
| Recruits independent SALES AGENTS, INSURANCE (insurance) in field and maintains contact between agent and home office: Selects SALES AGENT, INSURANCE (insurance), based on experience with other insurance companies. Drafts contract between agent and company. Advises agent on matters pertaining to conduct of business, such as cancellations, overdue accounts, and new business prospects. May gather information for UNDERWRITER (insurance). When working in life insurance, is designated Brokerage Manager (insurance). (references) | |
| Sells warehouse space and services to manufacturers and jobbers, performing duties as described under SALESPERSON (retail trade; wholesale tr.) Master Title. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: SALES REPRESENTATIVE |
| Specialty definitions using "SALES REPRESENTATIVE": MANAGER, RESERVATIONS ♦ PORTER, SAMPLE CASE ♦ TIRE ADJUSTER. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | One of the best options to enter the market for commercial fishing equipment is to have a sales representative in Ensenada. (references) | |
The best way to enter the Ecuadorian PVC market is engaging a local distributor or sales representative with a good knowledge of the market. (references) | ||
Another good reason to have a local sales representative or agent is that large projects need to be tracked locally in order to close a transaction. (references) | ||
Economic History | Nepal | Local agents normally work as an exporter's sales representative on a commission basis. (references) |
Netherlands | A sales representative located in the Netherlands is in an ideal position to market a product throughout all of Europe. (references) | |
Sweden | Such firms could be Swedish or foreign, the latter often being the local subsidiary or sales representative of a foreign company. (references) | |
Trade | Argentina | Samples brought into Argentina by a traveling sales representative are admitted free of duty if they have no commercial value. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "SALES REPRESENTATIVE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | handelsrepræsentant (traveller), handelsrejsende (salesmen, traveller). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | handelsreiziger (traveller). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | voyageur représentant de commerce, voyageur de commerce, commis voyageur. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | vertreter (advocate, agent, deputy, distributor, exponent, holder, locum, proxy, rep, replacement, representative, salesman, supporter), Handlungsreisender (traveller), Handelsreisender (traveller), Geschäftsreisender (traveller), Fernreisender (traveller). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | εμπορικόσ αντιπρόσωποσ, εμπορικός αντιπρόσωπος (traveller). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | rappresentante commerciale (traveller), commesso viaggiatore (bagman, salesman, traveler, traveller). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | alessay epresentativeray caixeiro-viajante (bagman, drum-fish, drummer, rider, salesman, traveler, traveller). (various references) агент по продаже товаров. (various references) representante (agent, deputy, rep, representative, salesman, solicitor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-e-e-e-e-i-l-n-p-r-r-s-s-s-t-t-v" | |
-4 letters: representatives. | |
-5 letters: literatenesses, representative. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Crosswords 2. Quotations: Non-fiction 3. Expressions: Internet 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Anagrams 6. Bibliography |
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