sales

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seɪlz/

• Audio (US)

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• Homophone: sails
• Rhymes: -eɪlz
• Hyphenation: sales

Noun

sales pl (plural only)

1. plural of sale
2. The activities involved in selling goods or services.

   He's likable and motivated: perfect for a career in sales.

   We have a sales training program beginning this Monday.

3. The amount or value of goods and services sold.

   Sales were up 12% over last year.

Usage notes

• Often used attributively.

Derived terms

Anagrams

• LSASE, SEALs, Seals, assle, lases, salse, seals

Asturian

Noun

sales

1. plural of sal
2. plural of sala

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Noun

sales

1. plural of sala

Verb

sales

1. second-person singular present indicative of salar

Chinese

Alternative forms

• sell屎, sale屎

Etymology

From clipping of English salesperson.

Pronunciation

Noun

sales

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) salesperson

   • 做Sales好辛苦㗎喎，又要跑數，又要對客 [Cantonese, trad.]
     做Sales好辛苦㗎㖞，又要跑数，又要对客 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2015, 東尼, 爆數——香港人的銷售天書, page 9

     zou⁶ seu¹ si² hou² san¹ fu² gaa³ wo³, jau⁶ jiu³ paau² sou³, jau⁶ jiu³ deoi³ haak³

     Being a salesperson is really hard; you have to meet the quotas and meet with clients

   • 十月份應該請同事、保安、清潔女工、專櫃sales食乜東東 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     十月份应该请同事、保安、清洁女工、专柜sales食乜东东 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2016, 莊偉忠, 不離地的CEO, page 80

     sap⁶ jyut⁶ fan⁶ jing¹ goi¹ ceng² tung⁴ si⁶, bou² on¹, cing¹ git³ neoi⁵ gung¹, zyun¹ gwai⁶ seu¹ si² sik⁶ mat¹ dung¹ dung¹

     In October, what should I treat my colleagues, security, cleaning ladies and salespeople at the counters to?

   • 如果當年我一直滿足現狀，今日情況應該跟很多同期的sales朋友差不多，職級和薪酬已到達天花板的中高層位置，手下可能有十個八個sales [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     如果当年我一直满足现状，今日情况应该跟很多同期的sales朋友差不多，职级和薪酬已到达天花板的中高层位置，手下可能有十个八个sales [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2016, 郭釗, HEA富學：一天只做 2 小時的創富方程式, page 50

     jyu⁴ gwo² dong¹ nin⁴ ngo⁵ jat¹ zik⁶ mun⁵ zuk¹ jin⁶ zong⁶, gam¹ jat⁶ cing⁴ fong³ jing¹ goi¹ gan¹ han² do¹ tung⁴ kei⁴ dik¹ seu¹ si² pang⁴ jau⁵ caa¹ bat¹ do¹, zik¹ kap¹ wo⁴ san¹ cau⁴ ji⁵ dou³ daat⁶ tin¹ faa¹ baan² dik¹ zung¹ gou¹ cang⁴ wai⁶ zi³, sau² haa⁶ ho² nang⁴ jau⁵ sap⁶ go³ baat³ go³ seu¹ si²

     If I were always satisfied with the situation then, my situation today should be similar to many of my friends who were salespeople around the same time as me, their positions and salaries already at the ceiling mid-high position, with 10 or 8 salespeople under them

Synonyms

• 售貨員／售货员 (shòuhuòyuán)
• 推銷員／推销员 (tuīxiāoyuán)

See also

• sell

References

• English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese

French

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Verb

sales

1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of saler

Adjective

sales

1. plural of sale

Anagrams

• lasse, lassé, lésas

Interlingua

Noun

sales

1. plural of sal

Latin

Noun

salēs

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of sāl

References

• sales in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Norman

Adjective

sales pl

1. plural of sale

Old Spanish

Noun

sales f pl

1. plural of sal

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsales/
• Rhymes: -ales
• Syllabification: sa‧les

Etymology 1

See salir

Verb

sales

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of salar
2. second-person singular present indicative of salir

Etymology 2

See sal

Noun

sales f pl

1. plural of sal