salesmanship n : skill in selling; skill in persuading people to buy; "he read a book on salesmanship but it didn't help"

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Noun

salesmanship

1. The skills and knowledge of how to sell.

   The professional dealer's salesmanship was incredible, I was just looking but he managed to convince me to buy three times what I was considering buying over the next six months.

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