D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

telemarketing

· IPA /tˌɛləmˈɑrkətɪŋ/
01 n. the use of the telephone as an interactive medium for promotion; calling potential customers by telephone for the purpose of selling someth…
  1. 1.
    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.