marketing | shopping at a market, does the weekly marketing at the supermarket |
marketing research market research | research that gathers and analyzes information about the moving of good or services from producer to consumer |
sales campaign | an advertising campaign intended to promote sales |
approach attack plan of attack | ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation, his approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons, an attack on inflation, his plan of attack was misguided |
marketing | the commercial processes involved in promoting and selling and distributing a product or service, most companies have a manager in charge of marketing |
direct marketing | marketing via a promotion delivered directly to the individual prospective customer |
selling merchandising marketing | the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money |
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 |
floor plan | scale drawing of a horizontal section through a building at a given level, contrasts with elevation |
ground plan | a floor plan for the ground level of a building |
mercantile establishment retail store sales outlet outlet | a place of business for retailing goods |
plan architectural plan | scale drawing of a structure, the plans for City Hall were on file |
stall stand sales booth | a booth where articles are displayed for sale |
design plan | an arrangement scheme, the awkward design of the keyboard made operation difficult, it was an excellent design for living, a plan for seating guests |
plan program programme | a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished, they drew up a six-step plan, they discussed plans for a new bond issue |
master plan | a long-term outline of a project or government function, the zoning board adopted a master plan for the new development |
plan of action | a plan for actively doing something |
battle plan | plan for conducting a battle |
travel plan itinerary | a proposed route of travel |
game plan | (sports) a plan for achieving an objective in some sport |
game plan | (figurative) a carefully thought out strategy for achieving an objective in war or politics or business or personal affairs, newscasters speculated about the President's game plan for an invasion |
plot secret plan game | a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal), they concocted a plot to discredit the governor, I saw through his little game from the start |
pension plan pension account retirement plan retirement savings plan retirement savings account retirement account retirement program | a plan for setting aside money to be spent after retirement |
Keogh plan | a tax-deferred pension plan for employees of unincorporated businesses or for self-employed persons |
employee savings plan | a plan that allows employees to contribute to an investment pool managed the employer |
stock purchase plan | an organized plan for employees of a company to buy shares of its stock |
employee stock ownership plan ESOP | a program under which employees regularly accumulate shares and may ultimately assume control of the company |
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 |
sales department sales division sales force | the division of a business that is responsible for selling products or services |
commission plan | a municipal government that combines legislative and executive authority in the members of a commission |
Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service DRMS | the organization in the Defense Logistics Agency that inventories and evaluates and sells reusable United States government surplus |
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 |
Marshall Plan European Recovery Program | a United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (-), named after George Marshall |
sales incentive | remuneration offered to a salesperson for exceeding some predetermined sales goal |
installment plan installment buying time plan | a system for paying for goods by installments |
marketing cost | the cost of marketing (e.g., the cost of transferring title and moving goods to the customer) |
sales tax nuisance tax | a tax based on the cost of the item purchased and collected directly from the buyer |
hotel plan meal plan | a plan and a room rate for providing a room and meals to guests at a hotel |
American plan | a hotel plan that includes three meals daily |
modified American plan | a hotel plan that includes breakfast and dinner (but not lunch) |
Bermuda plan | a hotel plan that provides a full breakfast daily |
European plan continental plan | a hotel plan that provides a continental breakfast daily |