salesmanship
pronunciation
How to pronounce salesmanship in British English:
UK [ˈseɪlzmənʃɪp]
How to pronounce salesmanship in American English:
US [ˈseɪlzmənʃɪp]
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- Noun:
- skill in selling; skill in persuading people to buy
Word Origin
- salesmanship (n.)
- 1853, from salesman + -ship. The modern system of salesmanship has become so much like persecution reduced to a science, that it is quite a luxury to be allowed the use of your own discretion, without being dragooned, by a shopkeeper's deputy, into looking at what you do not care to see, or buying what you would not have. A man in his sane mind, with the usual organs of speech, has a right to be treated as if he knows what he wants, and is able to ask for it. ["The Literary World," Feb. 26, 1853]
Example
- 1. If not , they should . So far , though , mr obama 's lamentable salesmanship has pushed harder the other way .