セールスseerusu

1. noun, suru verbsales; selling
   子供こどもたちは、あのようなセールスにだまされやすい。↗

   Children are likely to be taken in by those sales representatives.
2. nounsalesman

• Synonym販売はんばいNeutralSelling goods; common in both speech and writing, as in 「販売店」. 「セールス」 stresses the selling activity or the salesperson.
• Synonym営業えいぎょうNeutralDoing business or operations, and also a company's sales department or the job of visiting clients; centers on running a business.
• Synonym売るうるNeutralA verb: to sell, and also to betray a friend or make a name for oneself, as in 「名を売る」; the broadest in use of these words.
• Related取引とりひきNeutralTransactions or dealings, as in 「株の取引」; stresses the exchange between the two parties.
• Related売買ばいばいNeutralBuying and selling; a legal and commercial term that covers both the buying and the selling side.
• Related商売しょうばいNeutralRunning a trade or business, also a profession, as in 「商売道具」; common in everyday speech.
• Related扱うあつかうNeutralA verb: to deal in or stock a product, as in 「当店では扱っていない」; stresses handling it.
• Related商いあきないWrittenA native word for trading or business, also takings; slightly old-fashioned and typical of written prose — say 「商売」 in daily use.
• Related売り買いうりかいNeutralBuying and selling; a native word meaning the same as 「売買」 but more colloquial.
• Antonym購買こうばいNeutralAntonym: purchasing or buying, as by companies in bulk; the opposite of the selling that 「セールス」 describes.
• Antonym買い付けかいつけNeutralAntonym: buying in large quantities or stocking up; the opposite of selling.

「セールス」 is a loanword for selling or promoting goods, and also for a salesperson, as in 「セールスマン」. For selling in general use 「販売」, for a company's sales operations 「営業」, for doing business 「商売」; the opposite, buying, is 「購買」.

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1. 販売はんばい、外交がいこう販売はんばい。