campaign hunting expedition safari | an overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa) |
campaign cause crusade drive movement effort | a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end, he supported populist campaigns, they worked in the cause of world peace, the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant, the movement to end slavery, contributed to the war effort |
advertising campaign ad campaign ad blitz | an organized program of advertisements |
charm campaign | a campaign of flattery and friendliness (by a company, politician, etc.) to become more popular and gain support |
campaigning candidacy candidature electioneering political campaign | the campaign of a candidate to be elected |
front-porch campaigning front-porch campaign | a campaign in which the candidate makes speeches but does not travel, William McKinley's dignified front-porch campaign won him the presidency in , her approach was the opposite of a passive front-porch campaign |
fundaising campaign fundaising drive fundaising effort | a campaign to raise money for some cause |
whispering campaign | the organized dissemination of derogatory rumors designed to discredit a candidate |
sales campaign | an advertising campaign intended to promote sales |
publicelations campaign | an advertising campaign intended to improve public relations |
campaign military campaign | several related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal (usually within geographical and temporal constraints) |
naval campaign | an operation conducted primarily by naval forces in order to gain or extend or maintain control of the sea |
sale cutate sale sales event | an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices, they held a sale to reduce their inventory, I got some great bargains at their annual sale |
sales resistance | resistance by potential customers to aggressive selling practices |
Dardanelles Dardanelles campaign | the unsuccessful campaign in World War I () by the English and French to open a passage for aid to Russia, defeated by the Turks |
Okinawa Okinawa campaign | a campaign in the closing days of World War II in the Pacific (April to June ), in savage close-quarter fighting United States marines and regular army troops took the island from the Japanese, considered the greatest victory of the Pacific campaign for the Americans |
Petersburg Petersburg Campaign | the final campaign of the American Civil War (-), Union forces under Grant besieged and finally defeated Confederate forces under Lee |
Wilderness Campaign | American Civil War, a series of indecisive battles in Grant's campaign () against Lee in which both armies suffered terrible losses |
campaign hat | a broad-brimmed felt hat with a high crown, formerly worn by the United States Army and Marine personnel |
mercantile establishment retail store sales outlet outlet | a place of business for retailing goods |
stall stand sales booth | a booth where articles are displayed for sale |
sale sales agreement | 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 salesman faxed the sales agreement to his home office |
sales talk sales pitch pitch | promotion by means of an argument and demonstration |
sales promotion | promotion that supplements or coordinates advertising |
political campaign campaign run | a race between candidates for elective office, I managed his campaign for governor, he is raising money for a Senate run |
governor's race campaign for governor | a race for election to the governorship |
senate campaign senate race | a race for election to the senate |
sales department sales division sales force | the division of a business that is responsible for selling products or services |
sales staff | those in a business who are responsible for sales |
sales finance company | a finance company that buys (at a discount) the installment sales contracts of retail merchants |
demonstrator sales demonstrator | someone who demonstrates an article to a prospective buyer |
salesperson sales representative sales rep | a person employed to represent a business and to sell its merchandise (as to customers in a store or to customers who are visited) |
gross sales gross revenue sales | income (at invoice values) received for goods and services over some given period of time |
net sales | gross sales reduced by customer discounts, returns, freight out, and allowances |
sales incentive | remuneration offered to a salesperson for exceeding some predetermined sales goal |
sales tax nuisance tax | a tax based on the cost of the item purchased and collected directly from the buyer |
campaign take the field | go on a campaign, go off to war |
campaign run | run, stand, or compete for an office or a position, Who's running for treasurer this year? |
crusade a fight a press campaign a push a agitate | 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, The liberal party pushed for reforms, She is crusading for women's rights, The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate |