high-pressure — high′ pres′sure adj. v. sured, sur•ing 1) having or involving a pressure above the normal 2) involving a high degree of stress; demanding: a high pressure job[/ex] 3) vigorous; persistent; aggressive: high pressure salesmanship[/ex] 4) to use… … From formal English to slang
high-pressure — /huy presh euhr/, adj., v., high pressured, high pressuring. adj. 1. having or involving a pressure above the normal: high pressure steam. 2. vigorous; persistent; aggressive: high pressure salesmanship. v.t. 3. to employ aggressively forceful… … Universalium
high-pressure — /ˈhaɪ prɛʃə / (say huy preshuh) adjective 1. having or involving a pressure above the normal: high pressure steam. 2. vigorous; persistent: high pressure salesmanship …
salesmanship — n. high pressure salesmanship * * * [ seɪlzmənʃɪp] high pressure salesmanship … Combinatory dictionary
salesmanship — Synonyms and related words: advocacy, advocating, allurement, blandishment, bruiting, buildup, cajolement, cajolery, coaxing, conning, consumer preference study, consumer research, consumer survey, direct mail selling, drumbeating, engagement,… … Moby Thesaurus
high-pow|ered — «HY POW uhrd», adjective. 1. having much power: »a high powered car, a high powered rifle. 2. Figurative. using strong, vigorous methods; high pressure: »high powered salesmanship … Useful english dictionary
hard sell — noun forceful and insistent advertising • Hypernyms: ↑advertising, ↑publicizing * * * noun : aggressive high pressure selling or salesmanship often used with the everyone had keyed himself up to the hard sell Business Week compare soft sell * * * … Useful english dictionary
hawking — Synonyms and related words: blurred, breathy, chase, chevy, chivy, choked, choking, consumer preference study, consumer research, consumer survey, coursing, croaking, cynegetics, direct mail selling, drawling, drawly, dysphonic, falconry, fox… … Moby Thesaurus
huckstering — Synonyms and related words: aggrandizement, amplification, ballyhoo, big talk, blowing up, burlesque, caricature, consumer preference study, consumer research, consumer survey, dilatation, dilation, direct mail selling, enhancement, enlargement,… … Moby Thesaurus
jobbing — Synonyms and related words: Machiavellianism, Machiavellism, agency, barter, bartering, brokerage, buying and selling, consumer preference study, consumer research, consumer survey, dealing, diplomacy, diplomatics, direct mail selling, doing… … Moby Thesaurus
market research — Synonyms and related words: consumer preference study, consumer research, consumer survey, direct mail selling, hard sell, hawking, high pressure salesmanship, huckstering, jobbing, low pressure salesmanship, mail order selling, marketing,… … Moby Thesaurus
