sales representative

noun [C] (also representative, informal also sales rep, rep) COMMERCE, MARKETING

Definition

› someone whose job is to sell a company's products or services, especially by visiting or phoning customers: About 100 sales representatives will pitch the product.

(Definition of sales representative noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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