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General words for people who sell things or work in shops

auctioneer

noun

someone whose job is to sell things at an auction

bania

noun

a businessman who buys and sells things

booking clerk

noun

someone whose job is to sell tickets, for example at a railway station or a theatre

buyer

noun

someone whose job is to choose and buy goods for a large store, factory, or shop to sell

cashier

noun

someone whose job is to receive or give money in a shop, bank etc

clerk

noun

a shop assistant

commercial traveller

noun

a sales representative

concessionaire

noun

a person or company that has the legal right to sell things at a place owned by someone else

greeter

noun

someone whose job is to welcome people when they arrive somewhere, especially in a restaurant or shop

hawker

noun

someone who hawks goods

licensee

noun

someone who has a licence to do something, especially to sell alcoholic drinks

merchant

noun

an old word meaning ‘someone who buys and sells goods’

packer

noun

someone who works at a supermarket helping customers to put their shopping into shopping bags

peddler

noun

the American spelling of pedlar

pedlar

noun

someone who goes from one place to another selling things

personal shopper

noun

someone whose job is to help someone to buy what they want by either going to the shops with them or going shopping for them

rep

noun

a sales representative

sales assistant

noun

someone whose job is to help customers and sell things in a shop

sales clerk

noun

a sales assistant

sales force

noun

a group of people whose job is to sell products or services for their company

salesgirl

noun

a young woman whose job is to help customers and sell things in a shop

salesman

noun

a man whose job is to sell the products or services of a particular company, especially by travelling to different places

salesman

noun

a man whose job is to help customers and sell things in a shop

salesperson

noun

someone whose job is to sell the products or services of a particular company, especially by travelling to different places

salesperson

noun

someone whose job is to help customers and sell things in a shop

sales representative

noun

someone whose job is to travel to different places and sell the products or services of a particular company

sales team

noun

a sales force

saleswoman

noun

a woman whose job is to sell the products or services of a particular company, especially by travelling to different places

saleswoman

noun

a woman whose job is to help customers and sell things in a shop

seller

noun

someone whose job is to sell something

seth

noun

used for talking to or about a businessman or a man who owns a shop

shop assistant

noun

someone whose job is to serve people in a shop

shopkeeper

noun

someone who owns or manages a shop

shopwalker

noun

someone in a large shop whose job is to help the customers and make sure that the other workers are working hard

stallholder

noun

someone who sells things at a stall, especially in a market

storekeeper

noun

someone whose job is to manage a small shop

trader

noun

someone who buys and sells things

tradesman

noun

someone who sells goods or services

tradespeople

noun

people who sell goods or services

travelling salesman

noun

someone whose job is to travel to different places to sell goods from a particular company

vendor

noun

someone who sells something, but not in a shop

vendor

noun

a company or person that sells a particular product or service

wholesaler

noun

someone whose job is to sell large quantities of goods to shops or small businesses

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