adjective of, relating to, or engaged in sales: sales records for the month of January; a sales department.
noun opportunity to sell ; demand: slow sale. a special disposal of goods, as at reduced prices.
transfer of property for money or credit.
an auction.
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Origin of sale before 1050; Middle English; late Old English sala; cognate with
Old Norse, Old High German sala. Cf.
sell1 Related forms in·ter·sale , noun non·sale , noun sub·sale , noun Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Related Words for sales purchase ,
transaction ,
deal ,
business ,
auction ,
marketing ,
trade ,
reduction ,
selling ,
demand ,
buying ,
negotiation ,
commerce ,
barter ,
disposal ,
enterprise ,
dumping ,
clearance ,
vending ,
vendition Examples from the Web for sales Contemporary Examples of sales Like any good marketer, Silverman says he has sales figures proving his approach is working.
Sales are best in Asia, London, the Middle East, and Russia.
The outcome of the rum feud is critical for both Bacardi and Pernod Ricard, because the winner could net billions in future sales .
Sales for hair relaxers among the black community have dropped by 26 percent in the past five years.
Yet, this year, even with God and Country counting on us, Black Friday sales were reportedly sluggish.
Historical Examples of sales The account of sales is in the hand writing of Capt. Thomas Potts.
All the sales of sheep and lambs are by the "clad score" which contains twenty-one.
You're here to keep up our sales and increase them if you can.
The sales of the article were made by the captain, up at the factory.
The mere mention of him suffices to send up a paper's sales !
British Dictionary definitions for sales noun the exchange of goods, property, or services for an agreed sum of money or credit
the amount sold
the opportunity to sell; market there was no sale for luxuries
the rate of selling or being sold a slow sale of synthetic fabrics
an event at which goods are sold at reduced prices, usually to clear old stocks (as modifier ) sale bargains an auction
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Word Origin for sale Old English sala, from Old Norse sala. See also sell
noun a town in NW England, in Trafford unitary authority, Greater Manchester: a residential suburb of Manchester. Pop: 55 234 (2001)
a city in SE Australia, in SE Victoria: centre of an agricultural region. Pop: 12 854 (2001)
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noun a port in NW Morocco, on the Atlantic adjoining Rabat. Pop: 880 000 (2003)
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Word Origin and History for sales n. late Old English sala "a sale, act of selling," from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse sala "sale," from Proto-Germanic *salo (cf. Old High German sala , Swedish salu , Danish salg ), from PIE root *sal- (3) "to grasp, take." Sense of "a selling of shop goods at lower prices than usual" first appeared 1866. Sales tax attested by 1886. Sales associate by 1946. Sales representative is from 1910.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Idioms and Phrases with sales see close the sale; on sale; white sale.
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