sales
sales Lexical Profile
sales Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Of, relating to, or engaged in the selling of goods or services (used attributively before a noun).
"The company launched an aggressive sales campaign to promote its new line of laptops."
• noun
The total number of items sold or the total financial revenue generated from selling goods and services over a given period.
"Quarterly sales exceeded expectations after the company expanded into international markets."
The commercial field, operations, or department of a business responsible for selling products or services to customers.
"After graduating with a business degree, she began a rewarding career in software sales."
Plural form of sale: occasions or promotional events during which retailers offer goods at reduced prices.
"Many shoppers wait for the winter clearance sales to buy coats and boots at a discount."
Word Nuance & Usage
Do not confuse 'sales' with its homophone 'sails' (the fabric sheets on a boat or the 3rd-person singular of the verb 'to sail'). When referring to a company's commercial division or the profession as a whole, 'sales' often functions as an uncountable noun taking a singular or plural verb depending on whether it is viewed as a single unit or a collection of activities.
• Rhymes for sales
Word Origin & Etymology
Derived from the singular noun 'sale', which comes from Late Old English 'sala', borrowed from Old Norse 'sala' meaning 'a selling or transaction', ultimately tracing back to the Proto-Germanic root '*saljanan' ('to offer or deliver').