sales

sale  (sl)

n.

1. The exchange of goods or services for an amount of money or its equivalent; the act of selling.

2. An instance of selling.

3. An opportunity for selling or being sold; demand.

4. Availability for purchase: a store where pets are for sale.

5. A selling of property to the highest bidder; an auction.

6. A special disposal of goods at lowered prices: coats on sale this week.

7. sales

a. Activities involved in selling goods or services.

b. Gross receipts.

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[Middle English, from Old English sala, from Old Norse.]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

sales - income (at invoice values) received for goods and services over some given period of time gross revenue, gross sales income - the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time

Translations

sales:

sales check

n → Kassenbeleg m

sales clerk

n (US) → Verkäufer(in) m(f)

sales conference

n → Vertreterkonferenz f

sales department

n → Verkaufsabteilung f

sales director

n → Verkaufsdirektor(in) m(f)

sales drive

n → Verkaufskampagne f

sales executive

n → Verkaufsleiter(in) m(f)

sales figures

pl → Verkaufs- or Absatzziffern pl

sales force

n → Verkäufer pl; (= sales reps) → Vertreter pl

salesgirl, saleslady

n → Verkäuferin f

salesman

n → Verkäufer m; (= representative) → Vertreter m

sales manager

n → Verkaufsleiter(in) m(f)

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sales:

salespeople

pl → Verkaufspersonal nt

salesperson

n → Verkäufer(in) m(f)

sales pitch

n → Verkaufstechnik or -masche (inf) f; to make one’s sales → seine Ware anpreisen; (fig inf) → seine Ideen verkaufen or anpreisen

sales promotion

n → Verkaufsförderung f

sales rep

n (inf), sales representative

n → Vertreter(in) m(f)

sales resistance

n → Kaufunlust f; to meet (with) sales → auf Absatzschwierigkeiten stoßen

sales revenue

n → Verkaufserlös m

salesroom

n = saleroom

sales slip

n → Kassenzettel m, → Bon m; (received prior to payment) → Kaufbeleg m

sales talk

n → Verkaufsgespräch nt; his sales won me over → die Art, wie er die Ware angepriesen hat, hat mich überzeugt; that’s just sales → er/sie macht nur Reklame

sales target

n → Verkaufsziel nt

sales tax

n (US) → Verkaufssteuer f

sales volume

n → Umsatz m

saleswoman

n → Verkäuferin f; (= representative) → Vertreterin f