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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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Iranian sales plummeted from nearly 2.8 million barrels a day in May 2018 to roughly 200,000 in August 2019, according to Kpler, as buyers dropped out of the market.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Pending home sales in March showed significant increases, with Zillow reporting a 29.8% rise from February and 4.6% year-over-year.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

The company provides sales, marketing and customer service tools for business-to-business companies.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

Their analysis indicated that the average sales per employee across those companies rose to around $272,000 in 2021-25, from around $222,000 in 2017-19.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

But luggage sales were only a small portion of Peninsula Luggage's cash flow.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

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