Underground Railroad Underground Railway | secret aid to escaping slaves that was provided by abolitionists in the years before the American Civil War |
sales campaign | an advertising campaign intended to promote sales |
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 |
cable railway funicular funicular railway | a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars |
car railcar railway car railroad car | a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad, three cars had jumped the rails |
chopine platform | a woman's shoe with a very high thick sole |
cog railway rack railway | railway for steep mountains, a cogwheel on the locomotive engages cogs on a center rail to provide traction |
drilling platform offshore rig | drilling rig consisting of an offshore platform (floating or fixed to the sea bed) from which many oil wells can be bored radially |
elevated railway elevated railroad elevated el overhead railway | a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level |
line railway line rail line | the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed |
locomotive engine locomotive engine railway locomotive | a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks |
mercantile establishment retail store sales outlet outlet | a place of business for retailing goods |
platform | a raised horizontal surface, the speaker mounted the platform |
platform weapons platform | any military structure or vehicle bearing weapons |
platform | the combination of a particular computer and a particular operating system |
platform bed | a bed without springs |
platform rocker | rocking chair on a stationary base |
railroad track railroad railway | a line of track providing a runway for wheels, he walked along the railroad track |
railway railroad railroad line railway line railway system | line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight |
railway junction | a junction where two or more railway lines meet or cross |
railway station railroad station railroad terminal train station train depot | terminal where trains load or unload passengers or goods |
scenic railway | small railway in an amusement park |
space station space platform space laboratory | a manned artificial satellite in a fixed orbit designed for scientific research |
stall stand sales booth | a booth where articles are displayed for sale |
yard railway yard railyard | an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines |
platform political platform political program program | a document stating the aims and principles of a political party, their candidate simply ignored the party platform, they won the election even though they offered no positive program |
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 |
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) |
trainman railroader railroad man railwayman railway man | an employee of a railroad |
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 |