sales force

This page is about the collocation sales force

collocation pattern: noun + noun

Meaning

all the people employed to sell a company's products

For example

  • How many people do you have on your sales force?

  • With so many new products, the company needs to enlarge its sales force.

Note:
A similar collocation is "sales department" and related collocations include "sales manager", "sales representative", "sales pitch", etc.

Quick Quiz

If you're part of a sales force, you

a. force people to buy products

b. are forced to sell products

c. are paid to sell products
a) force people to buy products b) are forced to sell products c) are paid to sell products

Contributor: Matt Errey