Definition of "salesmanship" []

• The skills and knowledge of how to sell. (noun)
• A position as salesman. (noun)

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• "Personal diplomacy may be one of George Bush's great strengths as President; car salesmanship is not!"
• "Our concepts tend to revolve around the notion of salesmanship, that is, pressing a "product" which has been manufactured elsewhere, onto a "market" that may be resistant to it."
• "Thus while agricultural products and raw materials from our mines and forests continue to dominate the list of goods shipped to world markets, aggressive salesmanship is demonstrating that it is possible to sell an increasing variety of manufactured goods abroad."