sales

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /seɪlz/

• Audio (US)

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• Homophone: sails

Noun

Singular sale

Plural sales

1. The plural form of sale; more than one (kind of) sale.
2. (plural only) Sales is the number or value of things sold.

   The stronger economy has boosted auto sales by $650 million over last year.

   Retail sales have fallen for two months in a row.

3. (uncountable) Sales is the part of a company or industry that tries to get people to buy more.

   She's now Seattle's director of marketing and sales.

   I'm not the kind of person who can be successful in sales.