sales

plural of sale
as in transactions
the transfer of ownership of something from one person to another for a price my neighbor tried to make a sale, but no one was interested in buying his old car they made enough profit from the sale of the house for a down payment on the new one

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Recent Examples of sales American soybean farmers who long relied on Chinese sales are now being passed over for exports from Brazil, Argentina and elsewhere. Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025 Protests about immigration and sagging ticket sales were among the reasons cited for the move, according to sources. Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2025 Need more information about these sales? Cincinnati Enquirer, 11 Oct. 2025 Shop sales in tech, home, fashion, beauty & more curated by our editors. Jay Cannon, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sales
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Noun
  • Vuitton, Gucci bags Hill’s business dealings with Gatlin may stand out, but her company’s transactions with the Foundation were not as numerous or as large as those involving Holsendolph, the Miami vendor.
    Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The African Continental Free Trade Area, which became the world’s largest free trade area in 2018, helped to push the value of intra-African transactions to $81 billion in 2023 from $69 billion in 2019.
    Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • These Prime Big Deal Days printer deals are still available.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Realistically, there’s a four- or five-year window with Kaprizov still in his prime and the team’s young players arriving — and many still on entry-level deals.
    Michael Russo, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
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  • Car purchases are the second largest purchase most households make, if not the largest.
    Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
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  • What McMahon does want, however, is for the Onondagas to pay taxes on other parcels of land that have been reacquired by the nation at county auctions.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Other events include meet-and-greets with the animals, vendors, food trucks, auctions and face painting.
    Ramona Sentinel, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025

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