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point of sale

[ point-uhv-seyl ]

noun

, plural points of sale.
  1. the store, dealer, or other retail outlet where an item is sold:

    from manufacturer to point of sale.



adjective

  1. designating or in use at a point of sale, cashier's desk, or checkout counter; point-of-purchase.
  2. (in retailing) of or relating to a customer-checkout system that uses automated devices linked to a computer, as a terminal point-of-saleterminal that directly transmits sales data as part of a computerized system for accounting and inventory control. : POS, P.O.S.

point of sale

noun

  1. (in retail distribution) the place at which a sale is made POS
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of point of sale1

First recorded in 1840–45
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Example Sentences

The company created customized mixtapes at the point-of-sale with its own proprietary technology.

Just-in-time, point-of-sale, and electronic interchanges came into being because the human pragmatic made them necessary.

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