sales slip

noun

: a receipt for a purchase

Examples of sales slip in a Sentence

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Big picture: Lay’s generates about 60% of PepsiCo’s annual sales but has seen sales slip every quarter for the last three years. Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2025 If same-store sales slip by 10 percent, EBITDA would fall below $200 million. Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025 At Sinclair, the local media segment saw ad sales slip 6% to $322 million. Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 10 Aug. 2025 The company — whose snack brands include Goldfish, Snyder’s of Hanover pretzels and Cape Cod chips — saw snack sales slip 5% in the last three months. Steve Kopack, NBC news, 3 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for sales slip

Word History

First Known Use

1926, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of sales slip was in 1926

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“Sales slip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sales%20slip. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.

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