sales pitch

noun

Talk or demonstrations intended to persuade a consumer to make a purchase, especially when vigorously delivered or exaggerated.

“unwanted telephone sales pitches at inconvenient times”

Meanings

nounsales pitch (plural sales pitches)

plural sales pitches

  1. Talk or demonstrations intended to persuade a consumer to make a purchase, especially when vigorously delivered or exaggerated.

    unwanted telephone sales pitches at inconvenient times

    2 more examples

    As far as he is concerned, it is just a huckster's sales pitch.

    1947 May 19, “How Many Listeners?”, in Time

    He was so convinced by the sales pitch that he put around $1 million of his own money into the funds.

    2007 September 13, Matthew Goldstein, “Did Bear Stearns Soft-Pedal the Risks?”, in BusinessWeek, retrieved 05 Oct 2008

Synonyms & antonyms

nounpromotion by means of an argument and demonstration

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Finnish myyntipuhe
  • myyntipuhepresentation to persuade a customer
French bagou
  • bagoupresentation to persuade a customer
German Verkaufstechnik, Verkaufstaktik
  • Verkaufstechnikpresentation to persuade a customer
  • Verkaufstaktikpresentation to persuade a customer
Hawaiian paialou
  • paialoupresentation to persuade a customer
Polish prezentacja sprzedażowa, nawijka
  • prezentacja sprzedażowapresentation to persuade a customer
  • nawijkapresentation to persuade a customer
Spanish charla promocional, argumentario
  • charla promocionalpresentation to persuade a customer
  • argumentariopresentation to persuade a customer
Cite this entry
APA

sales pitch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sales%20pitch

MLA

“sales pitch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sales%20pitch. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sales pitch,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sales%20pitch.

Source: sales pitch on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.