"multi-level marketing" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} multi-level marketing (uncountable)
  1. A sales system under which the salesperson receives a commission on his or her own sales and a smaller commission on the sales from each person he or she convinces to become a salesperson. Wikipedia link: multi-level marketing Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Business Synonyms: MLM, network marketing, pyramid selling, referral marketing Related terms: direct selling, pyramid seller Translations (sales system): 傳銷 /传销 (chuánxiāo) (Chinese Mandarin), 多層次傳銷 /多层次传销 (duōcéngcì chuánxiāo) (Chinese Mandarin), verkostomarkkinointi (Finnish), Strukturvertrieb [masculine] (German), pemasaran berjenjang (Indonesian), 連鎖販売取引 (rensa hanbai torihiki) (Japanese), マルチ商法 (maruchi shōhō) (Japanese), 다단계 마케팅 (dadan'gye maketing) (Korean), بازاریابی چندسطحی (bâzâryâbi-ye čand-sathi) (Persian), marketing wielopoziomowy [masculine] (Polish), многоу́ровневый ма́рке́тинг (mnogoúrovnevyj márkéting) (Russian), ağ pazarlama (Turkish), çok katlı pazarlama (Turkish), багаторі́вневий ма́ркетинг (bahatorívnevyj márketynh) [masculine] (Ukrainian), bán hàng đa cấp (Vietnamese), tiếp thị đa cấp (Vietnamese)

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