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sales

[seylz] / seɪlz /
ADJECTIVE
commercial
Synonyms
STRONGEST
economic financial monetary profit-making profitable wholesale
STRONG
commissary exchange market merchandising retail retailing supplying trade trading
WEAK
across the counter bartering fiscal for sale in demand in the market marketable mercantile pecuniary popular saleable wholesaling
Antonyms
WEAK
noncommercial not-for-profit
NOUN
business
Synonyms
STRONGEST
deal industry manufacturing market trading transaction
STRONG
affairs bargaining barter commercialism contracts dealings exchange game industrialism merchandising racket selling traffic undertaking
WEAK
buying and selling capital and labor
NOUN
trade
Synonyms
STRONGEST
business commerce contract deal enterprise exchange industry market traffic transaction
STRONG
barter clientele custom customers dealing interchange patronage public swap truck
WEAK
merchantry
Antonyms
STRONGEST
disagreement idleness indolence misunderstanding unemployment
WEAK
entertainment fun pastime
NOUN
trading
Synonyms
STRONGEST
commerce deal dealings exchange industry manufacturing market selling trade traffic transaction
STRONG
affairs bargaining barter commercialism contracts game industrialism merchandising racket undertaking
WEAK
buying and selling capital and labor free enterprise production and distribution

Example Sentences

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Sales at all four companies have surged this year.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Sales of its mild hybrids and internal combustion-engine models fell 16%.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

Sales rose to $10.24 billion from $4.6 billion a year earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

Sales actually grew 20% year over year, despite flat sales, on an improving vehicle mix.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

While we’re on the subject of the tokens, I want just to say a bit about our Sales, which I’ve mentioned a few times already.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro