sales

Definition of salesnext
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 All stadium revenue would belong to the team, including ticket sales, licenses to suites, advertising and marketing revenue, sales of concessions and memorabilia, and parking sales. Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 6 Aug. 2026 That would translate to about 220 million euros in retail sales over the first 12 months, industry sources say. Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 6 Aug. 2026 The watchmaker still reigns as the largest brand on Chrono24, accounting for 31 percent of sales volume in Q2 of this year. Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 5 Aug. 2026 That contributed to a 96% decline in daily rental fleet sales for the month, but Ford’s retail share remained about flat, Kaffl said. Breana Noble, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026 Sales in the Americas fell 10%, while in EMEA, sales fell 5% at current rates. Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 5 Aug. 2026 Hugh Johnston, the company’s chief financial officer, announced the close out of ad sales tied to the NFL spectacular during a call with investors Wednesday. Brian Steinberg, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026 While air conditioning accounts for a small portion of Chinese exports to the EU, China has seized on the surge in sales as evidence that European consumers need Chinese products. Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 30 July 2026 Already something of a local celebrity after setting a state record for cookie sales, Olive found out about the opportunity while in Savannah, touring the birthplace of Girl Scouts founder Juliette Gordon Low. Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 30 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sales
Noun
  • Workers have registered their numbers to get paid through mobile money transactions, signed attendance sheets and waited for payment notifications, but only some were eventually paid.
    ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Other trust assets were transferred by Murphy to third-parties, and other transactions involving trust assets directly benefitted the Kittrells.
    Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Ruffalo plays Tom Brandis, a former priest who now heads an FBI task force looking into a string of murders and drug deals — as well as a spur-of-the-moment kidnapping — that happened in the backwoods of Pennsylvania’s Delaware County.
    Whitney Friedlander, Variety, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The public internet has been scraped, licensing deals are expensive and slow, and synthetic data drifts away from reality when a model learns mostly from itself.
    Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • So people who use Croissant will get 10 percent back on purchases made within the network in credits that can be used immediately to purchase other goods.
    Evan Clark, Footwear News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • The district attorney's office said the purchases included a family trip to Disney World, an Outer Banks vacation rental, country club membership fees, limousine service, purchase and installation of a hot tub at Fantuzzo's home and payment of local and state property taxes.
    Mike Darnay, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Today the marketplace hosts livestream auctions across categories including apparel, sneakers, luxury accessories, trading cards, sports memorabilia, watches, beauty products, food and beverages, and clearance merchandise.
    Joshua Hong, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo reported $235 million in watch auctions in the first half, marking its largest ever.
    Robert Frank, CNBC, 24 July 2026

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“Sales.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sales. Accessed 8 Aug. 2026.

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