sales

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sales¹

  • /seɪlz/

Sounds like sails · Rhymes with -eɪlz

noun

  1. plural, plural only plural of sale
  2. plural, plural only The activities involved in selling goods or services. He's likable and motivated: perfect for a career in sales.
  3. plural, plural only The amount or value of goods and services sold. Sales were up 12% over last year.

Sales²

Where it comes from

From Spanish, from Catalan sales.

proper noun Saleses

  1. A surname from Catalan.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: gross sales, gross revenue, retailing, merchandising, marketing, trading, retail, market, trade, selling, sell, commercialization, turnover, sell-off, distribution, sold

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@misc{sales_2026,
  title = {sales},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sales},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}