Phrase guide

multi-level marketing

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 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.

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16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 傳銷 /传销 (chuánxiāo) — sales system
  • Chinese Mandarin: 多層次傳銷 /多层次传销 (duōcéngcì chuánxiāo) — sales system
  • Finnish: verkostomarkkinointi — sales system
  • German: Strukturvertrieb — sales system
  • Indonesian: pemasaran berjenjang — sales system
  • Japanese: 連鎖販売取引 (rensa hanbai torihiki) — sales system
  • Japanese: マルチ商法 (maruchi shōhō) — sales system
  • Korean: 다단계 마케팅 (dadan'gye maketing) — sales system
  • Persian: بازاریابی چندسطحی (bâzâryâbi-ye čand-sathi) — sales system
  • Polish: marketing wielopoziomowy — sales system
  • Russian: многоу́ровневый ма́рке́тинг (mnogoúrovnevyj márkéting) — sales system
  • Turkish: ağ pazarlama — sales system
  • Turkish: çok katlı pazarlama — sales system
  • Ukrainian: багаторі́вневий ма́ркетинг (bahatorívnevyj márketynh) — sales system
  • Vietnamese: bán hàng đa cấp — sales system
  • Vietnamese: tiếp thị đa cấp — sales system