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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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Realistic images can reduce a retailer’s return rates, and if an item is what a shopper wants, it can boost sales, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

“People are slapping the FDE title on sales engineering without really understanding how Palantir did FDE or why it worked so well.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

But the revenue boost from faster sales should offset some of the hit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Diesel accounted for 86 percent of transport fuel sales in Latvia in 2024, 73 percent in France and 66 percent in Germany, according to FuelsEurope, a trade body which represents the refining industry.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

The sales of shovels shot up after Kennedy’s speech.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.