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

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

Net sales for the fiscal first quarter were roughly flat at $138.2 million, coming in just ahead of Wall Street models for $136.3 million.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

For the current quarter, the company guided for a loss of 20 cents to 48 cents a share on sales of $157 million to $166 million.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Its fiscal year 2027 first quarter earnings release may have revealed moderately better-than-expected sales and earnings, but that doesn’t make the growth look particularly strong.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

During the campaign, I’d done most of my shopping at a boutique in Chicago where I’d had the good fortune of meeting a young sales associate named Meredith Koop.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

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