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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

The jeans maker says shoppers are snapping up its new gear — and it became the latest clothing company to say the TV series “Love Story” was helping sales.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

“In general, sales have been lower” than expected, Carmona said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Slow progress on robo-taxis, higher investment spending, and stagnant sales are the most likely reasons for investor caution.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 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