Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
the use of the telephone as an interactive medium for promotion and sales;
[syn: telemarketing, teleselling, telecommerce]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
telemarketing
n 1: the use of the telephone as an interactive medium for
promotion and sales [syn: telemarketing, teleselling,
telecommerce]