sales

[ seylz ]

noun

1. plural of sale.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or engaged in sales:

   sales records for the month of January; a sales department.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sales¹

First recorded in 1820–30, for the adjective

Example Sentences

Illegal mining costs the South African government hundreds of millions of dollars in lost sales each year.

From BBC

McDonald's suspended sales of the Quarter Pounder burger in October in about a fifth of its US restaurants in response to the outbreak.

From BBC

The fast food giant resumed sales of the burger in all of its restaurants in America after it said samples of its beef patties, taken by the Colorado Department of Agriculture, tested negative for the bacteria.

From BBC

The first was 2017’s Measure H, a quarter-cent sales tax now repealed and replaced by Measure A, which will generate twice the funds.

From Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles County got a gift from voters: They passed Measure A, a half-cent-per-dollar sales tax that will provide a billion dollars a year for services and housing for homeless people.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• economic
• financial
• monetary
• profit-making
• profitable
• wholesale