travelling salesman

old-fashioned (US traveling salesman)

noun [C] COMMERCE

Definition

› someone whose job is to travel to different places, trying to persuade people to buy their company's goods, taking orders, etc: He made his money as a travelling salesman.

(Definition of travelling salesman noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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