sales slip

American  

noun

1. a receipt or other slip of paper issued by a store or other vendor showing where a purchase was made and also the amount, date, department, etc.

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Etymology

Origin of sales slip

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

The company’s other brands saw sales slip 27%, to $37.2 million.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

Michigan-based Kellogg, which weathered a two-month strike at its cereal plants that recently ended, saw U.S. sales slip 8.8%.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 27, 2021

Even IHOP, which has traditionally been a source of stability for the company, has seen sales slip in recent quarters.

From Washington Post • Aug. 11, 2017

U.S. consumers are shifting away from weight-management foods, forcing companies ranging from Kellogg Co to Nestle SA to change ingredients and focus their marketing on different health benefits as sales slip.

From Reuters • Feb. 20, 2015

Here was a sales slip; three yards of calico, seven cents per yard, twenty-one cents; a bolt of tape, three cents, total twenty-four cents; cash fifty cents, twenty-six cents change.

From Quiet Talks on Service by Gordon, S. D. (Samuel Dickey)

Related Words

• bill of sale
• sales check
• sales receipt