of salesman etc
1crack shot/salesman etc. — a person who is highly skilled at shooting etc. Marvin has developed into a crack salesman. He s excellent …
2salesman — sales|man [ˈseılzmən] n plural salesmen [ mən] a man whose job is to persuade people to buy his company s products computer/car/insurance etc salesman …
3salesman — /saylz meuhn/, n., pl. salesmen. a man who sells goods, services, etc. [1515 25; SALES + MAN] Usage. See man. * * * …
4salesman — sales•man [[t]ˈseɪlz mən[/t]] n. pl. men use a man who sells goods, services, etc • Etymology: 1515–25 usage: See man …
5Travelling salesman problem — The travelling salesman problem (TSP) is an NP hard problem in combinatorial optimization studied in operations research and theoretical computer science. Given a list of cities and their pairwise distances, the task is to find a shortest… …
6travelling salesman — ➔ salesman * * * travelling salesman UK US US traveling salesman) noun [C] COMMERCE ► someone whose job is to travel to different places, trying to persuade people to buy their company s goods, taking orders, etc: »He made his money as a… …
7used-car salesman — [used car salesman] noun (pl men)(BrE) a man whose job is selling car …
8used-car salesman — n (pl men) (BrE) a man whose job is selling cars that have already had one or more owners. Used car salesmen are often presented in jokes, cartoons etc. as not very honest or reliable. The British television character Arthur Daley is regarded as… …
9star — star1 W2S2 [sta: US sta:r] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(in the sky)¦ 2¦(famous performer/player)¦ 3¦(main person in a film/play etc)¦ 4¦(best/most successful person)¦ 5¦(shape)¦ 6¦(hotels/restaurants)¦ 7 the stars 8 something is written in the stars …
10star — 1 noun (C) 1 IN THE SKY a burning mass of gases in space that can be seen at night as a point of light in the sky: I lay on my back and looked up at the stars. see also: falling star, shooting star 2 PERFORMER a) a famous and successful performer …