A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921.
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ORDER XXIII.—COMMERCIAL, FINANCE, AND INSURANCE OCCUPATIONS (excluding Clerks)

Sub-order 1.—Commercial Occupations

773.—Commercial Travellers



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book traveller
is publisher's representative to bookselling trade; sells fiction, history, technical, etc., books; forwards orders periodically to head office for execution; in country districts, sometimes collects accounts and sends cash to headquarters, cf. hook canvasser (774); works on commission basis, on salary and commission or on salary only.
commercial traveller, commercial representative, salesman, traveller, travelling salesman, wholesale representative
travels from place to place seeking orders for goods from old and new customers (usually retail shopkeepers (770) (q.v.)) for the firm he represents; usually operates in particular districts; displays samples to prospective buyers in their shops, or may arrange extensive displays of goods, inviting buyers (772) to attend; works on commission basis, on salary and commis-ion or on salary only.

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From: A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921,
Ministry of Labour, 1927. Digitised by Peter Christian, August, 2016.   This text is in the Public Domain.