sales assistantˈsales asˌsistant noun [countable] 
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Thesaurus- The harassed sales assistant wouldn't have known the answers.
- There's nothing more irritating than a sales assistant who doesn't know what he's talking about.
Longman Language Activatorsomeone who sells things in a shop► shopkeeper
someone who sells things in a shop SYN shop assistant especially British someone who owns or is in charge of a small shop: · The shopkeeper chased the boys out of his shop, accusing them of stealing.· Many immigrants have been highly successful as shopkeepers.
► proprietor formal someone who owns a small shop: · Proprietor Ginny Gavin serves fresh croissants and fruit at breakfast to guests at her inn.proprietor of: · Dan Conrad, the proprietor of Conrad's Bookstore, says that small stores such as his offer service and convenience.
► merchant American written someone who owns or is in charge of a shop: · Local merchants have had trouble with vandals breaking windows.· Merchants say sales have not been affected by the road repairs.
► sales assistant also shop assistant British, /sales clerk American someone who deals with customers in a shop and sells them things: · Rowan worked as a sales assistant in a Beverly Hills shopping mall.· She's a shop assistant in the shoe department.· Get advice from a knowledgeable sales clerk.
► salesman/saleswoman/salesperson someone whose job is to persuade people, shops, and companies to buy their company's products: · I worked for a while as a salesman for a big computer corporation.· Gail has been the firm's top saleswoman for the last two years.
► sales staff the members of a company whose job is to persuade people to buy that company's products, or to sell goods to people in a shop: · The company has a sales staff of 600.· Customers liked the personal service the sales staff provided.
► vendor someone who sells things to people in the street: · Outside the theatre, there was a row of flower vendors.· Frank stopped to buy the evening paper from a news vendor.street vendor: · Flags sold by street vendors fluttered in the crowd of about 5,000.
people who work in a shop► sales assistant/shop assistant British /sales clerk American someone whose job is to serve customers and sell things in a shop, especially in a big shop such as a department store: · She was a bit rude, that shop assistant, don't you think?· I'm working weekends as a sales clerk.
► manager someone who is in charge of a shop: · I'd like to see the manager please.branch/area manager (=someone who is manager of all the shops owned by one particular company in one area): · Ron was promoted to branch manager of the North West region.
► shopkeeper British someone who owns or manages a small shop: · A lot of the smaller shopkeepers didn't have any insurance at all.· The money for the Christmas lights was raised by a group of local shopkeepers, who want to attract shoppers to the area.
► market trader British someone who sells things in a market: · The market traders have started a petition to try and stop the development going ahead.