Definition of Sales

1. Noun. Income (at invoice values) received for goods and services over some given period of time.

Exact synonyms: Gross Revenue, Gross Sales
Generic synonyms: Income

Definition of Sales

1. Noun. (plural of sale) ¹

2. Noun. The activities involved in selling goods or services. ¹

3. Noun. Revenues ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sales

1. sale [n] - See also: sale

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sales

saleableness
saleablenesses
saleably
saleb
salebrosities
salebrosity
salebrous
salep
saleps
saleratus
saleratuses
salering
salerings
saleroom
salerooms
sales (current term)
sales advisor
sales agreement
sales booth
sales campaign
sales demonstrator
sales department
sales division
sales event
sales finance company
sales floor

Literary usage of Sales

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1914)
"sales, Bargain. See Bargains. salesmen and salesmanship. .... Keeping up with rising costs: the cost of making sales. W. Sammons. il. System. 25: 130-40. ..."

2. Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran/Contra Affair by Lee H. Hamilton, Daniel K. Inouye (1995)
"The pattern established in the 1985 sales would continue. In February, the United States sold 1000 TOW missiles to Iran and no hostages were released. ..."

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