Definition of Sales force

1. Noun. The division of a business that is responsible for selling products or services.

Exact synonyms: Sales Department, Sales Division
Generic synonyms: Business Department

Definition of Sales force

1. Noun. A team of salespersons. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sales Force

sales
sales advisor
sales agreement
sales booth
sales campaign
sales demonstrator
sales department
sales division
sales event
sales finance company
sales floor
sales force (current term)
sales incentive
sales ledger
sales on approval
sales outlet
sales pitch
sales pitches
sales promotion
sales rep
sales representative
sales resistance
sales slip
sales slips
sales staff
sales talk

Literary usage of Sales force

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Marketing, Its Problems and Methods by Carson Samuel Duncan (1920)
"The sales manager works through the sales organization, which may be made up of an advertising department, an internal sales force, and a traveling ..."

2. Advertising, Its Principles and Practice by Harry Tipper (1919)
"House Organ for sales force In a great many concerns where the necessity for some means of communication to the employees in general has not yet been felt, ..."

3. Advertising, Its Principles and Practice by Harry Tipper, Harry Levi Hollingworth, George Burton Hotchkiss, Frank Alvah Parsons (1919)
"House Organ for sales force In a great many concerns where the necessity for some means of communication to the employees in general has not yet been felt, ..."

4. An Approach to Business Problems by Arch Wilkinson Shaw (1916)
"In directly assuming the burden of demand creation, the manufacturer has choice of two agencies, an exclusive sales force and general or direct advertising. ..."

5. The City of Detroit, Michigan, 1701-1922 by Clarence Monroe Burton, William Stocking, Gordon K. Miller, S. J. Clarke Publishing Company (1922)
"From each experience in life he has learned the lessons therein contained and he has done most effective work as supervisor of the sales force, which has ..."

6. Marketing: Its Problems and Methods by Carson Samuel Duncan (1920)
"Disciplining the sales force.—It is necessary for the manager of the personnel department to discipline the salesmen who are under his control. ..."

7. Salesmanship and sales management by John George Jones (1917)
"One of the most successful sales managers in the automobile business recruited his sales force in the early stages of the industry by sending inquiries in ..."

8. Marketing, Its Problems and Methods by Carson Samuel Duncan (1920)
"The sales manager works through the sales organization, which may be made up of an advertising department, an internal sales force, and a traveling ..."

9. Advertising, Its Principles and Practice by Harry Tipper (1919)
"House Organ for sales force In a great many concerns where the necessity for some means of communication to the employees in general has not yet been felt, ..."

10. Advertising, Its Principles and Practice by Harry Tipper, Harry Levi Hollingworth, George Burton Hotchkiss, Frank Alvah Parsons (1919)
"House Organ for sales force In a great many concerns where the necessity for some means of communication to the employees in general has not yet been felt, ..."

11. An Approach to Business Problems by Arch Wilkinson Shaw (1916)
"In directly assuming the burden of demand creation, the manufacturer has choice of two agencies, an exclusive sales force and general or direct advertising. ..."

12. The City of Detroit, Michigan, 1701-1922 by Clarence Monroe Burton, William Stocking, Gordon K. Miller, S. J. Clarke Publishing Company (1922)
"From each experience in life he has learned the lessons therein contained and he has done most effective work as supervisor of the sales force, which has ..."

13. Marketing: Its Problems and Methods by Carson Samuel Duncan (1920)
"Disciplining the sales force.—It is necessary for the manager of the personnel department to discipline the salesmen who are under his control. ..."

14. Salesmanship and sales management by John George Jones (1917)
"One of the most successful sales managers in the automobile business recruited his sales force in the early stages of the industry by sending inquiries in ..."

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