Dictionary-of-Human-Resources-Management
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salary cheque 231 sales representative<br />
employee can achieve under his or her<br />
contract<br />
salary cheque /sləri tʃek/ noun a<br />
monthly cheque by which an employee<br />
is paid<br />
salary club /sləri klb/ noun a<br />
meeting <strong>of</strong> representatives from various<br />
companies to discuss the salary structure<br />
in an industry<br />
salary cut /sləri kt/ noun a sudden<br />
reduction in salary<br />
salary deductions /sləri dI-<br />
dkʃənz/ plural noun money which a<br />
company removes from salaries to pay<br />
to the government as tax, National Insurance<br />
contributions, etc.<br />
salary differentials /sləri dIfə-<br />
renʃəlz/ plural noun same as pay<br />
differentials<br />
salary drift /sləri drIft/ noun same<br />
as earnings drift<br />
salary expectations /sləri<br />
ekspekteIʃ(ə)nz/ plural noun the<br />
hopes <strong>of</strong> an employee that their salary<br />
will increase<br />
salary package /sləri pkIdʒ/<br />
noun same as pay package<br />
salary-related pension scheme<br />
/sləri rIleItId penʃən skim/ noun<br />
a pension scheme where the pension received<br />
is based on the final salary <strong>of</strong> the<br />
contributor<br />
salary review /sləri rIvju/ noun<br />
same as pay review She had a salary<br />
review last April or her salary was reviewed<br />
last April.<br />
salary rise /sləri raIz/ noun same<br />
as pay rise (NOTE: American English is<br />
raise in this meaning)<br />
salary scale /sləri skeIl/ noun<br />
same as pay scale He was appointed<br />
at the top end <strong>of</strong> the salary scale.<br />
salary structure /sləri strktʃə/<br />
noun the organisation <strong>of</strong> salaries in a<br />
company with different rates <strong>of</strong> pay for<br />
different types <strong>of</strong> job<br />
‘…the union <strong>of</strong> hotel and personal service<br />
workers has demanded a new salary structure<br />
and uniform conditions <strong>of</strong> service for workers in<br />
the hotel and catering industry’<br />
[Business Times (Lagos)]<br />
sales /seIlz/ plural noun money received<br />
for selling something Sales<br />
have risen over the first quarter.<br />
sales analysis /seIlz ənləsIs/<br />
noun an examination <strong>of</strong> the reports <strong>of</strong><br />
sales to see why items have or have not<br />
sold well<br />
sales assistant /seIlz əsIstənt/<br />
noun a person in a shop who sells goods<br />
to customers<br />
sales budget /seIlz bdʒIt/ noun a<br />
plan <strong>of</strong> probable sales<br />
sales campaign /seIlz kmpeIn/<br />
noun a series <strong>of</strong> planned activities to<br />
achieve higher sales<br />
sales chart /seIlz tʃɑt/ noun a diagram<br />
showing how sales vary from<br />
month to month<br />
sales clerk /seIlz klɑk/ noun US a<br />
person who sells goods to customers in<br />
a store<br />
‘…the wage agreement includes sales clerks and<br />
commission sales people in stores in Toronto’<br />
[Toronto Star]<br />
sales department /seIlz dI-<br />
pɑtmənt/ noun the section <strong>of</strong> a company<br />
which deals in selling the company’s<br />
products or services<br />
sales drive /seIlz draIv/ noun a vigorous<br />
effort to increase sales<br />
sales executive /seIlz IɡzekjυtIv/<br />
noun a person in a company or department<br />
in charge <strong>of</strong> sales<br />
sales force /seIlz fɔs/ noun a group<br />
<strong>of</strong> salespeople or sales representatives<br />
responsible for the sales <strong>of</strong> either a single<br />
product or the entire range <strong>of</strong> an organisation’s<br />
products<br />
salesman /seIlzmən/ noun a man<br />
who sells an organisation’s products or<br />
services to customers Salesmen are<br />
paid a basic salary plus commission.<br />
sales manager /seIlz mnIdʒə/<br />
noun a person in charge <strong>of</strong> a sales<br />
department<br />
salesmanship /seIlzmənʃIp/ noun<br />
the art <strong>of</strong> selling or <strong>of</strong> persuading customers<br />
to buy<br />
sales representative /seIlz reprI-<br />
zentətIv/, sales rep /seIlz rep/ noun<br />
a person who sells an organisation’s
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