English words for 'Skill at salesmanship.'
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noun
noun
- One who demonstrates products in a retail environment; a merchandiser.
- The forefinger.
- An item, particularly a vehicle, used in demonstrations to a customer or user.
- One who takes part in a demonstration; a protester.
- One who demonstrates anything, or proves beyond doubt.
- One who teaches anatomy from the dissected parts.
- An assistant to a lecturer.
- someone who demonstrates an article to a prospective buyer
- a teacher or teacher's assistant who demonstrates the principles that are being taught
- someone who participates in a public display of group feeling
noun
- Any tactic, approach, or giveaway item employed by a salesman to capture the interest of a potential customer.
- Someone who opens doors.
- Any of various devices designed to make opening a door easier.
- Any of various devices to automatically open a door in response to a sensor or signal sent from a controller.
- A communication technique designed to encourage someone to speak openly.
- Someone or something that provides someone with opportunities that would otherwise be unavailable to them.
- (firefighting) A crowbar-like tool used by firefighters to quickly force locked doors to open.
- The control mechanism by which a door is latched and unlatched.
noun
- someone who markets merchandise
- electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequence
- a person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion
- a company that markets merchandise
- One who or that which distributes.
- (printing, historical) An appliance, such as a roller, in a printing press, for distributing ink.
- (printing, historical) A machine for distributing type.
- A device that distributes electric current, especially to the spark plugs in an internal combustion engine.
noun
- A company agent who visits potential purchasers; a salesman.
- One who speaks for or acts on behalf of another in a particular (especially official) capacity.
- (mathematics) A consistent choice of element from an equivalence class, used to identify it.
- A substitute or analogue.
- Something representing or standing for another; a symbol, an embodiment.
- Someone who represents others as a member of a legislative or governing body.
- Something (especially a living organism) regarded as typical of its class; a type.
- (US, politics) Specifically, a member of the United States House of Representatives.
- (law) An heir.
- A member of a particular class.
- a member of the United States House of Representatives
- a person who represents others
- an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
- an item of information that is typical of a class or group
adj
noun
- A salesclerk; a person who serves customers in a store or market.
- a salesperson in a store
- A law clerk.
- (Quakerism) A facilitator of a Quaker meeting for business affairs.
- One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.
- The chief legal advisor of a legislature or legislative chamber, who is usually also responsible for keeping minutes of sittings.
- An employee at a hotel who deals with guests.
- an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts)
verb
noun
- (marketing, slang) A basic salesperson.
- Ellipsis of penny-a-liner.
- A formal no-show sock.
- Someone who fits a lining to something.
- A lining within the cylinder of a steam engine, in which the piston works and between which and the outer shell of the cylinder a space is left to form a steam jacket.
- A pantyliner.
- The pamphlet supplied in the box with an audiovisual tape or disc, etc.
- A slab on which small pieces of marble, tile, etc., are fastened for grinding.
- A large passenger-carrying ship, especially one on a regular route; an ocean liner.
- (baseball) A line drive.
- (South Korean idol fandom) A person born in a certain year (XX liner); a person who belongs to a certain line.
- (in combination) Something with a specified number of lines.
- (nautical) A ship of the line.
- A similar lining for cylinders of internal-combustion engines (see "Further reading").
- A removable cover or lining.
- a protective covering that protects an inside surface
- a large commercial ship (especially one that carries passengers on a regular schedule)
- (baseball) a hit that flies straight out from the batter
- a piece of cloth that is used as the inside surface of a garment
verb
noun
- Initialism of salesman sample.
- (military, nautical, initialism) SMS — Seiner Majestät Schiff – literally, "His Majesty's Ship" in German;
- (neurology) Initialism of stiff man syndrome.
- (psychology) Initialism of short man syndrome.
- (numismatics) Initialism of special mint set.
- (countable) A text message sent using the short message service.
- Initialism of senior minister of state.
- A ship prefix for a ship in the navy of the Empire of Germany (usually for the period leading to WWI and WWI)
- Initialism of safety management system: a system designed to identify and manage occupational safety and health risks.
- (genetics, pathology) Initialism of Smith-Magenis syndrome.
name
verb
noun
- An intermediary who buys and sells merchandise.
- (US, business) A type of intermediary in the apparel industry, as well as others, who buys excess merchandise from brand owners and manufacturers, and sells to retailers at prices that are 20-70% below wholesale.
- (printing) A job press or platen press.
- (slang) A thing (often used in a vague way to refer to something the name of which one cannot recall).
- (professional wrestling slang) A performer whose primary role is to lose to established talent.
- (theater) An actor temporarily employed for a specific role, often in a touring company.
- (British, finance) A market maker on the stock exchange; a stockjobber.
- someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers
noun
verb
- (ergative) To be sold.
- (transitive) To promote (a product or service) although not being paid in any direct way or at all.
- (transitive) To promote (a particular viewpoint).
- (transitive, slang) To trick, cheat, or manipulate someone.
- (transitive, professional wrestling, slang) To pretend that an opponent's blows or maneuvers are causing legitimate injury; to act.
- (transitive, ditransitive, intransitive) To transfer goods or provide services in exchange for money.
- (Australia, slang, intransitive) To throw under the bus; to let down one's own team in an endeavour, especially in a sport or a game.
- (transitive) To betray for money or other things.
- persuade somebody to accept something
- exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
- give up for a price or reward
- deliver to an enemy by treachery
- be approved of or gain acceptance
- be responsible for the sale of
- do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood
- be sold at a certain price or in a certain way
noun
- a salesman who travels to call on customers
- a male racketeer assigned to collect or distribute payoff money
- (Canada, politics, informal) A prominent fundraiser for a political party or similar cause.
- (British) A secretary of (and keeper of equipment for) a Morris dancing side.
- (Australia, slang) A bookmaker.
- (US, Australia, New Zealand, informal) A person who collects, transports, or distributes illicit money, especially for the purpose of bribery, extortion, or the making of other improper payments.
- (US, politics, slang) An officer assigned to travel with the president and carry the "nuclear football".
- (golf) A caddy.
noun
- a salesman who travels to call on customers
- a male workman who is employed to repair roads
- A man who builds or repairs roads.
- (British, chiefly MLE, slang) A member of a subculture characterised by their clothing (notably puffer jackets and sportswear) as street fashion and the music they listen to, notably drill music.
noun
- (business, sales) A corporate customer.
- An ensign, a badge of office, rank, or power.
- (by extension) An audio recording for the same purpose; a jingle.
- (sciences) A single graphic which contains one or more separate elements.
- A visual symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of a company or organization.
- a company emblem or device
noun
name
noun
- (sales) A potential client or customer.
- A position affording a fine view; a lookout.
- The potential things that may come to pass, often favorable.
- The region which the eye overlooks at one time; view; scene; outlook.
- A hope; a hopeful.
- Relative position of the front of a building or other structure; face; relative aspect.
- A picturesque or panoramic view; a landscape; hence, a sketch of a landscape.
- (sports) Any player whose rights are owned by a top-level professional team, but who has yet to play a game for said team.
- The act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation.
- (music) The façade of an organ.
- belief about (or mental picture of) the future
- someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.)
- a prediction of the course of a disease
- the possibility of future success
- the visual percept of a region
verb
noun
- a particular instance of selling
- the general activity of selling
- an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices
- the state of being purchasable; offered or exhibited for selling
- an agreement (or contract) in which property is transferred from the seller (vendor) to the buyer (vendee) for a fixed price in money (paid or agreed to be paid by the buyer)
- The act of putting up for auction to the highest bidder.
- Ellipsis of discount sale (“the sale of goods at reduced prices”).
- An exchange of goods or services for currency or credit.
verb
- make publicity for; try to sell (a product)
- call attention to
- (intransitive) To provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others.
- (transitive) To provide public information about (a product, service etc.) in order to attract public awareness and increase sales.
- (card games) In gin rummy, to discard a card of one's preferred suit so as to mislead the opponent into thinking you do not want it.
- (transitive) To give (especially public) notice of (something); to announce publicly.
verb
- make publicity for; try to sell (a product)
- give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
- be changed for a superior chess or checker piece
- change a pawn for a better piece by advancing it to the eighth row, or change a checker piece for a more valuable piece by moving it to the row closest to your opponent
- contribute to the progress or growth of
- (transitive) To encourage, urge or incite.
- (transitive, chess) To exchange (a pawn) for a queen or other piece when it reaches the eighth rank.
- (transitive, programming) To treat (a value) as a more capable data type or as having higher priority.
- (intransitive, Singapore) To move on to a subsequent stage of education.
- (transitive) To raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank.
- (transitive, chemistry) To increase the activity of (a catalyst) by changing its surface structure.
- (transitive) To advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone); to attempt to popularize or sell by means of advertising or publicity.
- (sports, usually in passive form) To elevate to a higher league.
verb
- make publicity for; try to sell (a product)
- strive and make an effort to reach a goal
- exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for
- make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby
- approach a certain age or speed
- press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action
- move strenuously and with effort
- move with force
- sell or promote the sale of (illegal goods such as drugs)
- press against forcefully without moving
- (chess, transitive) To move (a pawn) directly forward.
- (transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.
- (intransitive) To tense the muscles in the abdomen in order to give birth or defecate.
- (intransitive) To continually exert oneself in order to achieve a goal.
- To burst out of its pot, as a bud or shoot.
- (informal, transitive, usually in present participle) To approach; to come close to.
- (computing) To add (a data item) to the top of a stack.
- (intransitive) To continue to attempt to persuade a person into a particular course of action.
- To make a higher bid at an auction.
- (poker) To make an all-in bet.
- (transitive) To continually attempt to persuade (a person) into a particular course of action.
- (transitive) To press or urge forward; to drive.
- (snooker) To strike the cue ball in such a way that it stays in contact with the cue and object ball at the same time (a foul shot).
- (computing) To publish (an update, etc.) by transmitting it to other computers.
- (transitive) To continually promote (a point of view, a product for sale, etc.).
noun
- an electrical switch operated by pressing
- the act of applying force in order to move something away
- an effort to advance
- the force used in pushing
- enterprising or ambitious drive
- An attempt to persuade someone into a particular course of action.
- An act of tensing the muscles of the abdomen in order to expel its contents.
- (military) A marching or drill maneuver/manoeuvre performed by moving a formation (especially a company front) forward or toward the audience, usually to accompany a dramatic climax or crescendo in the music.
- A short, directed application of force; an act of pushing.
- A wager that results in no loss or gain for the bettor as a result of a tie or even score
- (snooker) A push shot.
- A great effort (to do something).
- (professional wrestling slang) An attempt to give momentum to a wrestler's career in the form of victories and/or more screen time.
- (computing) The addition of a data item to the top of a stack.
- A push-button, such as a bell push.
- (Internet, uncountable) The situation where a server sends data to a client without waiting for a request.
- (figurative) A force that impels or pressures one to act.
adj
- (of a dealer) Dealing in such merchandise.
- (of cigarette or cigar smoke) Inhaled from the air near someone else smoking.
- (of goods) Not new; previously owned and used by another.
- (figurative) Indirect; from a secondary source; not firsthand.
- derived from what is primary or original; not firsthand
- previously used or owned by another
adv
noun
noun
- a zealously energetic person (especially a salesman)
- any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops
- burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America
- burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern North America
- (programming) A Golang programmer.
- A gopher tortoise (Gopherus spp.).
- A ground squirrel (Marmotinae spp.).
- Alternative spelling of gofer.
- A gopher rockfish (Sebastes carnatus).
- A small burrowing rodent native to North and Central America, especially in the family Geomyidae (pocket gophers).
noun
- (business, sales) A sales representative employed by a retail or wholesale vendor who works on the premises of his or her employer, transacting with customers directly on a sales floor or by telephone, online messaging, etc.
- (business, sales) Someone employed within the organization of a prospective buyer who serves (whether for good motives or not) as an advocate for a seller's product or service.
noun
- An effort to sell or promote something.
- (sports, UK, Australia, New Zealand) The field on which cricket, soccer, rugby, gridiron or field hockey is played. (In cricket, the pitch is in the centre of the field; see cricket pitch.) (Not often used in the US or Canada, where "field" is the preferred word.)
- (geology) Pitchstone.
- The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant.
- The angle at which an object sits.
- (golf) A short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
- An area on a campsite intended for occupation by a single tent, caravan or similar.
- A dark, extremely viscous material still remaining after distilling crude oil or natural tar.
- The distance between evenly spaced objects, e.g. the teeth of a saw or gear, the turns of a screw thread, the centres of holes, or letters in a monospace font.
- Prominence; importance.
- The height a bird reaches in flight, especially a bird of prey preparing to swoop down on its prey.
- (nautical, aviation) The degree to which a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft, rotates on such an axis, tilting its bow or nose up or down.
- (music) In an a cappella group, the singer responsible for singing a note for the other members to tune themselves by.
- (by extension) The place where a busker performs, a prostitute solicits clients, or an illegal gambling game etc. is set up before the public.
- (cricket) That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled.
- (mining) The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out.
- (climbing) A section of a climb or rock face; specifically, the climbing distance between belays or stances.
- A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand.
- (now British, regional) A person's or animal's height.
- A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
- (music, phonetics) The perceived frequency of a sound, note or electromagnetic wave.
- A point or peak; the extreme point of elevation or depression.
- (music) The standard to which a group of musical instruments are tuned or in which a piece is performed, usually by reference to the frequency to which the musical note A above middle C is tuned.
- (baseball) The act of pitching a baseball.
- A level or degree, or (by extension), a peak or highest degree.
- A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.
- An area in a market (or similar) allocated to a particular trader.
- (aviation) A measure of the angle of attack of a propeller.
- (caving) A vertical cave passage, only negotiable by using rope or ladders.
- (rare) The field of battle.
- The most thrust-out point of a headland or cape.
- promotion by means of an argument and demonstration
- abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)
- a sports field with predetermined dimensions for playing soccer
- the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration
- a high approach shot in golf
- a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk)
- any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
- the act of throwing a baseball or softball by the pitcher towards home plate, which initiates play by giving the batter a chance to hit it
- an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump
- degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
- the action or manner of throwing something
adj
verb
- To cover or smear with pitch.
- (transitive) To set or fix (a price or value).
- (transitive) To fix or set the tone of.
- (brewing) To add yeast as a step while making beer
- (transitive) To assemble or erect (a tent). Also used figuratively.
- (with on or upon) To fix one's choice.
- (intransitive, Bristol, of snow) To settle and build up, without melting.
- (intransitive) To plunge or fall; especially, to fall forward; to decline or slope.
- (transitive) To set at an angle, especially a downwards one; to cause to tilt.
- (intransitive, baseball) To play baseball in the position of pitcher.
- (intransitive, cricket) To bounce on the playing surface.
- (transitive) To set, face, or pave (an embankment or roadway) with rubble or undressed stones.
- (transitive) To throw away; discard.
- (transitive, golf) To play a short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
- To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
- (intransitive) To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp.
- (transitive) To deliver in a certain tone or style, or with a certain audience in mind.
- (transitive or intransitive, baseball) To throw (the ball) toward a batter at home plate.
- (transitive) To promote, advertise, or attempt to sell.
- (intransitive) To produce a note of a given pitch.
- (transitive) To throw.
- (transitive, card games, slang) To discard (a card) for some gain.
- To attack, or position or assemble for attack.
- (ambitransitive, aviation or nautical) To move so that the front of an aircraft or boat goes alternately up and down.
- heel over
- set to a certain pitch
- sell or offer for sale from place to place
- move abruptly
- fall or plunge forward
- throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball
- be at an angle
- set the level or character of
- throw or toss with a light motion
- erect and fasten
- lead (a card) and establish the trump suit
- hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin
noun
noun
- One who demonstrates products in a retail environment; a merchandiser.
- The forefinger.
- An item, particularly a vehicle, used in demonstrations to a customer or user.
- One who takes part in a demonstration; a protester.
- One who demonstrates anything, or proves beyond doubt.
- One who teaches anatomy from the dissected parts.
- An assistant to a lecturer.
- someone who demonstrates an article to a prospective buyer
- a teacher or teacher's assistant who demonstrates the principles that are being taught
- someone who participates in a public display of group feeling
noun
- Any tactic, approach, or giveaway item employed by a salesman to capture the interest of a potential customer.
- Someone who opens doors.
- Any of various devices designed to make opening a door easier.
- Any of various devices to automatically open a door in response to a sensor or signal sent from a controller.
- A communication technique designed to encourage someone to speak openly.
- Someone or something that provides someone with opportunities that would otherwise be unavailable to them.
- (firefighting) A crowbar-like tool used by firefighters to quickly force locked doors to open.
- The control mechanism by which a door is latched and unlatched.
noun
- someone who markets merchandise
- electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequence
- a person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion
- a company that markets merchandise
- One who or that which distributes.
- (printing, historical) An appliance, such as a roller, in a printing press, for distributing ink.
- (printing, historical) A machine for distributing type.
- A device that distributes electric current, especially to the spark plugs in an internal combustion engine.
noun
- A company agent who visits potential purchasers; a salesman.
- One who speaks for or acts on behalf of another in a particular (especially official) capacity.
- (mathematics) A consistent choice of element from an equivalence class, used to identify it.
- A substitute or analogue.
- Something representing or standing for another; a symbol, an embodiment.
- Someone who represents others as a member of a legislative or governing body.
- Something (especially a living organism) regarded as typical of its class; a type.
- (US, politics) Specifically, a member of the United States House of Representatives.
- (law) An heir.
- A member of a particular class.
- a member of the United States House of Representatives
- a person who represents others
- an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
- an item of information that is typical of a class or group
adj
noun
- A salesclerk; a person who serves customers in a store or market.
- a salesperson in a store
- A law clerk.
- (Quakerism) A facilitator of a Quaker meeting for business affairs.
- One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.
- The chief legal advisor of a legislature or legislative chamber, who is usually also responsible for keeping minutes of sittings.
- An employee at a hotel who deals with guests.
- an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts)
verb
noun
- (marketing, slang) A basic salesperson.
- Ellipsis of penny-a-liner.
- A formal no-show sock.
- Someone who fits a lining to something.
- A lining within the cylinder of a steam engine, in which the piston works and between which and the outer shell of the cylinder a space is left to form a steam jacket.
- A pantyliner.
- The pamphlet supplied in the box with an audiovisual tape or disc, etc.
- A slab on which small pieces of marble, tile, etc., are fastened for grinding.
- A large passenger-carrying ship, especially one on a regular route; an ocean liner.
- (baseball) A line drive.
- (South Korean idol fandom) A person born in a certain year (XX liner); a person who belongs to a certain line.
- (in combination) Something with a specified number of lines.
- (nautical) A ship of the line.
- A similar lining for cylinders of internal-combustion engines (see "Further reading").
- A removable cover or lining.
- a protective covering that protects an inside surface
- a large commercial ship (especially one that carries passengers on a regular schedule)
- (baseball) a hit that flies straight out from the batter
- a piece of cloth that is used as the inside surface of a garment
verb
noun
- Initialism of salesman sample.
- (military, nautical, initialism) SMS — Seiner Majestät Schiff – literally, "His Majesty's Ship" in German;
- (neurology) Initialism of stiff man syndrome.
- (psychology) Initialism of short man syndrome.
- (numismatics) Initialism of special mint set.
- (countable) A text message sent using the short message service.
- Initialism of senior minister of state.
- A ship prefix for a ship in the navy of the Empire of Germany (usually for the period leading to WWI and WWI)
- Initialism of safety management system: a system designed to identify and manage occupational safety and health risks.
- (genetics, pathology) Initialism of Smith-Magenis syndrome.
name
verb
noun
- An intermediary who buys and sells merchandise.
- (US, business) A type of intermediary in the apparel industry, as well as others, who buys excess merchandise from brand owners and manufacturers, and sells to retailers at prices that are 20-70% below wholesale.
- (printing) A job press or platen press.
- (slang) A thing (often used in a vague way to refer to something the name of which one cannot recall).
- (professional wrestling slang) A performer whose primary role is to lose to established talent.
- (theater) An actor temporarily employed for a specific role, often in a touring company.
- (British, finance) A market maker on the stock exchange; a stockjobber.
- someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers
noun
verb
- (ergative) To be sold.
- (transitive) To promote (a product or service) although not being paid in any direct way or at all.
- (transitive) To promote (a particular viewpoint).
- (transitive, slang) To trick, cheat, or manipulate someone.
- (transitive, professional wrestling, slang) To pretend that an opponent's blows or maneuvers are causing legitimate injury; to act.
- (transitive, ditransitive, intransitive) To transfer goods or provide services in exchange for money.
- (Australia, slang, intransitive) To throw under the bus; to let down one's own team in an endeavour, especially in a sport or a game.
- (transitive) To betray for money or other things.
- persuade somebody to accept something
- exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
- give up for a price or reward
- deliver to an enemy by treachery
- be approved of or gain acceptance
- be responsible for the sale of
- do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood
- be sold at a certain price or in a certain way
noun
- a salesman who travels to call on customers
- a male racketeer assigned to collect or distribute payoff money
- (Canada, politics, informal) A prominent fundraiser for a political party or similar cause.
- (British) A secretary of (and keeper of equipment for) a Morris dancing side.
- (Australia, slang) A bookmaker.
- (US, Australia, New Zealand, informal) A person who collects, transports, or distributes illicit money, especially for the purpose of bribery, extortion, or the making of other improper payments.
- (US, politics, slang) An officer assigned to travel with the president and carry the "nuclear football".
- (golf) A caddy.
noun
- a salesman who travels to call on customers
- a male workman who is employed to repair roads
- A man who builds or repairs roads.
- (British, chiefly MLE, slang) A member of a subculture characterised by their clothing (notably puffer jackets and sportswear) as street fashion and the music they listen to, notably drill music.
noun
- (business, sales) A corporate customer.
- An ensign, a badge of office, rank, or power.
- (by extension) An audio recording for the same purpose; a jingle.
- (sciences) A single graphic which contains one or more separate elements.
- A visual symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of a company or organization.
- a company emblem or device
noun
name
noun
- (sales) A potential client or customer.
- A position affording a fine view; a lookout.
- The potential things that may come to pass, often favorable.
- The region which the eye overlooks at one time; view; scene; outlook.
- A hope; a hopeful.
- Relative position of the front of a building or other structure; face; relative aspect.
- A picturesque or panoramic view; a landscape; hence, a sketch of a landscape.
- (sports) Any player whose rights are owned by a top-level professional team, but who has yet to play a game for said team.
- The act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation.
- (music) The façade of an organ.
- belief about (or mental picture of) the future
- someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.)
- a prediction of the course of a disease
- the possibility of future success
- the visual percept of a region
verb
noun
- a particular instance of selling
- the general activity of selling
- an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices
- the state of being purchasable; offered or exhibited for selling
- an agreement (or contract) in which property is transferred from the seller (vendor) to the buyer (vendee) for a fixed price in money (paid or agreed to be paid by the buyer)
- The act of putting up for auction to the highest bidder.
- Ellipsis of discount sale (“the sale of goods at reduced prices”).
- An exchange of goods or services for currency or credit.
noun
- a zealously energetic person (especially a salesman)
- any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops
- burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America
- burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern North America
- (programming) A Golang programmer.
- A gopher tortoise (Gopherus spp.).
- A ground squirrel (Marmotinae spp.).
- Alternative spelling of gofer.
- A gopher rockfish (Sebastes carnatus).
- A small burrowing rodent native to North and Central America, especially in the family Geomyidae (pocket gophers).
noun
- (business, sales) A sales representative employed by a retail or wholesale vendor who works on the premises of his or her employer, transacting with customers directly on a sales floor or by telephone, online messaging, etc.
- (business, sales) Someone employed within the organization of a prospective buyer who serves (whether for good motives or not) as an advocate for a seller's product or service.
noun
- An effort to sell or promote something.
- (sports, UK, Australia, New Zealand) The field on which cricket, soccer, rugby, gridiron or field hockey is played. (In cricket, the pitch is in the centre of the field; see cricket pitch.) (Not often used in the US or Canada, where "field" is the preferred word.)
- (geology) Pitchstone.
- The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant.
- The angle at which an object sits.
- (golf) A short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
- An area on a campsite intended for occupation by a single tent, caravan or similar.
- A dark, extremely viscous material still remaining after distilling crude oil or natural tar.
- The distance between evenly spaced objects, e.g. the teeth of a saw or gear, the turns of a screw thread, the centres of holes, or letters in a monospace font.
- Prominence; importance.
- The height a bird reaches in flight, especially a bird of prey preparing to swoop down on its prey.
- (nautical, aviation) The degree to which a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft, rotates on such an axis, tilting its bow or nose up or down.
- (music) In an a cappella group, the singer responsible for singing a note for the other members to tune themselves by.
- (by extension) The place where a busker performs, a prostitute solicits clients, or an illegal gambling game etc. is set up before the public.
- (cricket) That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled.
- (mining) The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out.
- (climbing) A section of a climb or rock face; specifically, the climbing distance between belays or stances.
- A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand.
- (now British, regional) A person's or animal's height.
- A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
- (music, phonetics) The perceived frequency of a sound, note or electromagnetic wave.
- A point or peak; the extreme point of elevation or depression.
- (music) The standard to which a group of musical instruments are tuned or in which a piece is performed, usually by reference to the frequency to which the musical note A above middle C is tuned.
- (baseball) The act of pitching a baseball.
- A level or degree, or (by extension), a peak or highest degree.
- A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.
- An area in a market (or similar) allocated to a particular trader.
- (aviation) A measure of the angle of attack of a propeller.
- (caving) A vertical cave passage, only negotiable by using rope or ladders.
- (rare) The field of battle.
- The most thrust-out point of a headland or cape.
- promotion by means of an argument and demonstration
- abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)
- a sports field with predetermined dimensions for playing soccer
- the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration
- a high approach shot in golf
- a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk)
- any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
- the act of throwing a baseball or softball by the pitcher towards home plate, which initiates play by giving the batter a chance to hit it
- an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump
- degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
- the action or manner of throwing something
adj
verb
- To cover or smear with pitch.
- (transitive) To set or fix (a price or value).
- (transitive) To fix or set the tone of.
- (brewing) To add yeast as a step while making beer
- (transitive) To assemble or erect (a tent). Also used figuratively.
- (with on or upon) To fix one's choice.
- (intransitive, Bristol, of snow) To settle and build up, without melting.
- (intransitive) To plunge or fall; especially, to fall forward; to decline or slope.
- (transitive) To set at an angle, especially a downwards one; to cause to tilt.
- (intransitive, baseball) To play baseball in the position of pitcher.
- (intransitive, cricket) To bounce on the playing surface.
- (transitive) To set, face, or pave (an embankment or roadway) with rubble or undressed stones.
- (transitive) To throw away; discard.
- (transitive, golf) To play a short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
- To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
- (intransitive) To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp.
- (transitive) To deliver in a certain tone or style, or with a certain audience in mind.
- (transitive or intransitive, baseball) To throw (the ball) toward a batter at home plate.
- (transitive) To promote, advertise, or attempt to sell.
- (intransitive) To produce a note of a given pitch.
- (transitive) To throw.
- (transitive, card games, slang) To discard (a card) for some gain.
- To attack, or position or assemble for attack.
- (ambitransitive, aviation or nautical) To move so that the front of an aircraft or boat goes alternately up and down.
- heel over
- set to a certain pitch
- sell or offer for sale from place to place
- move abruptly
- fall or plunge forward
- throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball
- be at an angle
- set the level or character of
- throw or toss with a light motion
- erect and fasten
- lead (a card) and establish the trump suit
- hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin
verb
- make publicity for; try to sell (a product)
- call attention to
- (intransitive) To provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others.
- (transitive) To provide public information about (a product, service etc.) in order to attract public awareness and increase sales.
- (card games) In gin rummy, to discard a card of one's preferred suit so as to mislead the opponent into thinking you do not want it.
- (transitive) To give (especially public) notice of (something); to announce publicly.
verb
- make publicity for; try to sell (a product)
- give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
- be changed for a superior chess or checker piece
- change a pawn for a better piece by advancing it to the eighth row, or change a checker piece for a more valuable piece by moving it to the row closest to your opponent
- contribute to the progress or growth of
- (transitive) To encourage, urge or incite.
- (transitive, chess) To exchange (a pawn) for a queen or other piece when it reaches the eighth rank.
- (transitive, programming) To treat (a value) as a more capable data type or as having higher priority.
- (intransitive, Singapore) To move on to a subsequent stage of education.
- (transitive) To raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank.
- (transitive, chemistry) To increase the activity of (a catalyst) by changing its surface structure.
- (transitive) To advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone); to attempt to popularize or sell by means of advertising or publicity.
- (sports, usually in passive form) To elevate to a higher league.
verb
- make publicity for; try to sell (a product)
- strive and make an effort to reach a goal
- exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for
- make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby
- approach a certain age or speed
- press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action
- move strenuously and with effort
- move with force
- sell or promote the sale of (illegal goods such as drugs)
- press against forcefully without moving
- (chess, transitive) To move (a pawn) directly forward.
- (transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.
- (intransitive) To tense the muscles in the abdomen in order to give birth or defecate.
- (intransitive) To continually exert oneself in order to achieve a goal.
- To burst out of its pot, as a bud or shoot.
- (informal, transitive, usually in present participle) To approach; to come close to.
- (computing) To add (a data item) to the top of a stack.
- (intransitive) To continue to attempt to persuade a person into a particular course of action.
- To make a higher bid at an auction.
- (poker) To make an all-in bet.
- (transitive) To continually attempt to persuade (a person) into a particular course of action.
- (transitive) To press or urge forward; to drive.
- (snooker) To strike the cue ball in such a way that it stays in contact with the cue and object ball at the same time (a foul shot).
- (computing) To publish (an update, etc.) by transmitting it to other computers.
- (transitive) To continually promote (a point of view, a product for sale, etc.).
noun
- an electrical switch operated by pressing
- the act of applying force in order to move something away
- an effort to advance
- the force used in pushing
- enterprising or ambitious drive
- An attempt to persuade someone into a particular course of action.
- An act of tensing the muscles of the abdomen in order to expel its contents.
- (military) A marching or drill maneuver/manoeuvre performed by moving a formation (especially a company front) forward or toward the audience, usually to accompany a dramatic climax or crescendo in the music.
- A short, directed application of force; an act of pushing.
- A wager that results in no loss or gain for the bettor as a result of a tie or even score
- (snooker) A push shot.
- A great effort (to do something).
- (professional wrestling slang) An attempt to give momentum to a wrestler's career in the form of victories and/or more screen time.
- (computing) The addition of a data item to the top of a stack.
- A push-button, such as a bell push.
- (Internet, uncountable) The situation where a server sends data to a client without waiting for a request.
- (figurative) A force that impels or pressures one to act.
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adj
- (of a dealer) Dealing in such merchandise.
- (of cigarette or cigar smoke) Inhaled from the air near someone else smoking.
- (of goods) Not new; previously owned and used by another.
- (figurative) Indirect; from a secondary source; not firsthand.
- derived from what is primary or original; not firsthand
- previously used or owned by another