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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
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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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Ed Egilinsky, managing director and head of sales at the financial-products provider Direxion, can attest to that.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

While the ID.4 garnered critical accolades, sales struggled in recent years like many EVs in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

“We had the biggest spike in the first couple months. ... There really hasn’t been a massive uptick in sales since.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Car sales got a boost after deep freeze across much of the country ended and customers were able to get to showrooms.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

The whole town, practically, had raised the money, quietly and not so quietly, through bake sales and donations and gifts, and so when they presented the trip to Will’s mom, what could she say?

From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin