telemarketing

noun

telemarketing

noun

Etymology Blend of telephone + marketing.

1

The business of selling products or services by making unsolicited telephone calls to potential customers.

  • The newspaper started a telemarketing campaign to boost its subscriptions by calling non-subscribers.
Related terms
telemarket, telemarketer

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