sales

plural of sale
as in transactions
the transfer of ownership of something from one person to another for a price my neighbor tried to make a sale, but no one was interested in buying his old car they made enough profit from the sale of the house for a down payment on the new one

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Recent Examples of sales Bombardier learned the hard way that challenging the two behemoths with a very good airplane (the C-Series) ended with Airbus buying the program for a song after years of moribund sales forcing Bombardier to exit the commercial transport aircraft business. Jerrold Lundquist, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024 As 2024 comes to a close, viewership, ticket sales and sponsor dollars are up virtually across the board for WNBA teams. Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 28 Dec. 2024 Profit margins measure the percentage of top-line sales that become bottom-line profits. Bill Stone, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024 Notably, Rumble is a loss-making company, with an operating loss of $143 million on sales of $86 million for the last twelve months period. Trefis Team, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for sales 

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“Sales.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sales. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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