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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

Departamento de vendas

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Departamento de vendas

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Sales department/ˈseɪlz dɪˌpɑːrt.mənt/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #2450 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O departamento de vendas superou suas metas neste trimestre."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A division within a company responsible for selling products or services.

    "The sales department exceeded its targets this quarter."
  2. 2

    A team of individuals within a business that focuses on customer acquisition and revenue generation.

    "The sales department is crucial for driving the company's growth."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'sales', derived from Middle English 'sale' (from Old Norse 'söla'), and 'department', originating from French 'département' (from 'départir', to divide). The combined compound emerged in commercial English during the early industrial revolution to designate the specific division of a business responsible for selling goods or services.

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