telemarketing

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noun

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.”

Similar
telesellingtelecommerce
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Meanings

nountelemarketing (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe 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.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe use of the telephone as an interactive medium for promotion and sales

Similar
telesellingtelecommerce
Broader
sellingmerchandisingmarketing
Also see
telecommerceteleselling

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Blend of telephone + marketing.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 電話營銷 /电话营销
  • 電話營銷 /电话营销 (diànhuà yíngxiāo)selling products or services by making calls to potential customers
Finnish puhelinmyynti
  • puhelinmyyntiselling products or services by making calls to potential customers
French télémarketing, démarchage téléphonique
  • télémarketingselling products or services by making calls to potential customers
  • démarchage téléphoniqueselling products or services by making calls to potential customers
German Telefonverkauf, Telemarketing
  • Telefonverkaufselling products or services by making calls to potential customers
  • Telemarketingselling products or services by making calls to potential customers
Hindi टेलीमार्केटिंग
  • टेलीमार्केटिंग (ṭelīmārkeṭiṅg)selling products or services by making calls to potential customers
Irish teileamhargaíocht
  • teileamhargaíochtselling products or services by making calls to potential customers
Japanese 電話勧誘販売, テレマーケティング
  • 電話勧誘販売 (denwa kanyū hanbai)selling products or services by making calls to potential customers
  • テレマーケティング (teremāketingu)selling products or services by making calls to potential customers
Norwegian telefonsalg
  • telefonsalgselling products or services by making calls to potential customers
Polish telemarketing
  • telemarketingselling products or services by making calls to potential customers
Portuguese telemarketing, televendas
  • telemarketingselling products or services by making calls to potential customers
  • televendasselling products or services by making calls to potential customers
Romanian vânzare prin telefon, telemarketing
  • vânzare prin telefonselling products or services by making calls to potential customers
  • telemarketingselling products or services by making calls to potential customers
Russian телемарке́тинг, телема́ркетинг
  • телемарке́тинг (telemarkéting)selling products or services by making calls to potential customers
  • телема́ркетинг (telemárketing)selling products or services by making calls to potential customers
Spanish telemercadotecnia
  • telemercadotecniaselling products or services by making calls to potential customers
Swedish telefonförsäljning, telemarketing
  • telefonförsäljningselling products or services by making calls to potential customers
  • telemarketingselling products or services by making calls to potential customers
Ukrainian телема́ркетинг
  • телема́ркетинг (telemárketynh)selling products or services by making calls to potential customers
Cite this entry
APA

telemarketing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/telemarketing

MLA

“telemarketing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/telemarketing. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “telemarketing,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/telemarketing.

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