travelling salesman
old-fashioned (US traveling salesman) noun [C] COMMERCEDefinition
› 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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