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セールスする · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Refers to the activity or business of selling products or services. Often used in compounds like セールス活動 (sales activities).

abbreviation

Abbreviation of セールスマン. Used informally to refer to a salesperson, especially in contexts like door-to-door sales.

セールスをするto do/conduct sales (of a product or service)
彼かれは新しん商しょう品ひんのセールスをしている。
He is doing sales for the new product.
〈人ひと〉がセールスに来くるa salesperson comes (to one's door) to sell something
昨日きのう、保ほ険けんのセールスが家いえに来きた。
Yesterday an insurance salesperson came to my house.
セールスの電でん話わがかかってくるto get an unsolicited sales phone call
毎まい日にちのようにセールスの電でん話わがかかってくる。
I get sales calls almost every day.

販はん売ばいN3sense 1
販売 is the standard native Japanese term for selling used in formal or business contexts, while セールス is a loanword with a more marketing-oriented, casual feel.
セールスマンN1sense 2
セールスマン is the full, more formal word for a salesperson, while セールス is a casual abbreviated form used in everyday speech.
営えい業ぎょうN4sense 1
営業 covers business operations and client relations broadly, while セールス focuses specifically on the act of selling to customers.
販はん売ばい員いん sense 2
販売員 is the neutral native term for a shop or store salesperson, while セールス (as an abbreviation) more often implies door-to-door or traveling sales.

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外がい交こうN3
外交 specifically implies visiting customers at their homes or offices to sell, whereas セールス is the general loanword for sales of any kind.
売うり込こみ
セールス is a loanword covering the whole sales process, while 売り込み focuses narrowly on the promotional or hard-selling push itself.
押おし売うりN1
セールス is a neutral word for sales or salesmanship, whereas 押し売り implies unwanted, high-pressure tactics.

購こう買ばいN1sense 1
購買 means buying or purchasing, the opposite activity to セールス, which means selling.

セールN2
セール means a discount sale event, while セールス refers to sales activity or a salesperson, so the two sound alike but differ in meaning.

人にん sense 2
When セールス refers to a salesperson (sense 2), it is counted with 人, the general counter for people.

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Loanword from English 'sales'.