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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SpaceX’s $1.8 trillion IPO valuation is at roughly 35 times sales.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

At roughly $1.75 trillion, the SpaceX offering is valued at roughly 95 times annual sales.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

Valuations achieved in recent metallurgical-coal asset sales have been attractive, and the royalty structure in Queensland is unlikely to change until at least 2032, the bank says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Lovesac cut its full-year sales and earnings outlook after widening its loss in the fiscal first quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

The trailer sales must’ve been a bust, because they’ve been downgraded to prison glamping.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

sales

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