Definitions

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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And it’s all happening just as Memorial Day sales are supposed to get customers opening their wallets.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

Toyota remained the world’s largest carmaker in 2025, helped by sales growth in the U.S. and Japan even as Trump administration tariffs disrupted the industry.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

U.S. retail sales rose, but only modestly if higher prices at gas pumps are taken out of the equation.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

Applied Materials expects stronger sales for its semiconductor equipment business this year than it previously forecast as demand for artificial intelligence computing continues to surge.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

The Warden found enough sales work to afford to rent a house in Birmingham, manage the bills, and keep his family happy.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

sales

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