car salesman

collocation in English

meaningsofcarandsalesman

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car
noun[C]
uk
/kɑːr/us
/kɑːr/
a road vehicle with an engine, four wheels, and seats for a small number ...
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salesman
noun[C]
uk
/ˈseɪlz.mən/us
/ˈseɪlz.mən/
a man whose job is selling things in a shop or directly ...
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(Definition ofcarandsalesmanfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcar salesman

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A dishonestcarsalesmancan spoil the market for his competitors.
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I would rather be a usedcarsalesman.
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I asked him what he had done, and he said that he had become acarsalesman.
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The week before, he had been a second-handcarsalesman.
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The chances are that one will also speak to acarsalesmanor a mechanic.
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He turned back the mileage figures with a skill worthy of any second-handcarsalesman.
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If a person wants to start as a secondhandcarsalesmanhe can borrow £100,000 and it will cost him no more than £60 a day.
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It said that visiting an insurance broker was like going to the worst kind of disreputable second-handcarsalesman.
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Such a get-out clause would not and should not be offered to a second-handcarsalesman, let alone a public industry.
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It was not just thecarsalesman.
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If however, thecarsalesmanaccepts one penny in consideration for the promise, the promise is binding and enforceable in court.
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For example, acarsalesmanpromises not to sell a car over the weekend, but does so, the promise can not be enforced.
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He would turn his energies to a new sales craft, that ofcarsalesman.
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He decided to go to college, however, after acarsalesmansuggested he continue his football career.
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For a period he left football altogether, and worked first as acarsalesman, then as a professional gambler and nightclub owner.
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At the age of 17 he became acarsalesman, going on to become a sales manager.
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He had a career as acarsalesmanafter the war.
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