sales department
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2.5
- noun
- /seɪlz dɪˈpɑːrtmənt/
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departamento de ventas
- Each member of the sales department contributes to reaching the company's sales goals.
- head of the sales department
- company's sales department
I, I got AI, got a call from the sales department today.
- I, I got AI, got a call from the sales department today.
- And when I worked at BMGI, got to know a lot of the people in who worked in the Tele sales department.
- But Macy's go to the sales department.
Examples
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The manager of the sales department is responsible for overseeing the team that drives revenue.
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After a successful campaign, the sales department celebrated breaking their quarterly sales record.
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Let me just put you on to my sales department.
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He wants you to start off working in the sales department.
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I know the sales department, for one thing, didn't like it.
Fiction book (1991) -
We've built out a sales department, a marketing department, emails, media, operations and legal.
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I am applying in the telecommunication sales department and also gave the initial interview.
Blog text (33) -
Heather Hopkins is a car expert and mechanical engineer who works with Nissan in the sales department.
Blog text (6) -
The web's data-friendly nature forced ad sales departments to quantify and show their work.
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Operating with a sales recruiter that treats both prospective salespeople and hiring companies with respect and a high degree of individual attention and client care is bound to make great things happen for sales departments, revenues, and personal paychecks.
Blog text (19)
Synonyms
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3.2
A group of company employees who sell its products or services
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2.5
People who work for a company and sell its products or services
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2.4
The part of a company that works to get customers for its products or services
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Morphology
The meaning 'the division responsible for selling products or services' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'sales' (selling/revenue) with 'department' (an organizational unit). This straightforward noun–noun compounding follows common compositional rules and mirrors similar constructions in many languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Sales department comes from putting together sales (the act of selling) and department (a separate part of a company). Imagine a team in one office whose job is to sell to customers, so it means 'the division of a business responsible for selling its products or services'.