Telemarketing

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  telemarketing \telemarketing\ n.
     the use of the telephone as an interactive medium for
     promotion; calling potential customers by telephone for the
     purpose of selling something; -- applied especially to calls
     made to persons who have not previously contacted the seller.
  


     Syn: teleselling.
          [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  telemarketing
       n : the use of the telephone as an interactive medium for
           promotion and sales [syn: {teleselling}, {telecommerce}]