sales
Moving the merchandise
Sales refers to the activity of selling goods or services, or the department responsible for it: She works in sales.
It also means the total amount sold: Sales are up this quarter.
A sale is a single transaction or a period of discounted prices; sales is both the plural and the broader commercial function.
Sales figures, sales tax, and sales pitch all use the attributive form.
Sales to end users
- merchandiseCommercial products offered
- goodsThings for sale
- inventoryCatalog of held assets
- distributionAllocation across recipients
supply · demand · market · trade · consumerism · e-commerce · storefront · outlet
Money gained from work
- profitGain exceeding expenditure
- marginEdge of a page
- incomeRegular monetary receipts
- turnoverSales volume or attrition
targets · growth · forecast · quarterly · volume · units · performance · gross
Payment for services rendered
- quotaFixed assigned amount
- pipelineLong-distance fluid transport tube
- prospectingSearching for mineral wealth
- cold-callingContacting prospects without introduction
leads · conversion · territory · CRM · targets · B2B · B2C · closing
Goods obtained for payment
- orderMethodical arrangement or request
- invoiceItemized billing statement
- receiptWritten payment acknowledgment
- paymentFulfilling a financial obligation
billing · customer · fulfillment · shipping · delivery · refund · exchange · warranty
Negotiating mutually acceptable terms
- deal-makingNegotiating agreements between parties
- persuasionConvincing through reasoning
- hagglingNegotiating a lower price
- counterofferAlternative terms proposed back
terms · closing · leverage · contract · agreement · concession · tactics · proposal
Subtractions from full price
- advertisingPaid promotional communication
- marketingPromoting goods to consumers
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- couponsRedeemable discount certificates
clearance · giveaways · samples · branding · launch · endorsements · demos · sponsorship
retail
Sales to end users
- merchandiseCommercial products offered
- goodsThings for sale
- inventoryCatalog of held assets
distribution · supply · demand · market · trade · consumerism · e-commerce · storefront · outlet · bazaar
earnings
Money gained from work
turnover · targets · growth · forecast · quarterly · volume · units · performance · gross · net
commission
Payment for services rendered
- quotaFixed assigned amount
- pipelineLong-distance fluid transport tube
- prospectingSearching for mineral wealth
cold-calling · leads · conversion · territory · CRM · targets · B2B · B2C · closing · pitch
purchase
Goods obtained for payment
- orderMethodical arrangement or request
- invoiceItemized billing statement
- receiptWritten payment acknowledgment
payment · billing · customer · fulfillment · shipping · delivery · refund · exchange · warranty · checkout
bargaining
Negotiating mutually acceptable terms
- deal-makingNegotiating agreements between parties
- persuasionConvincing through reasoning
- hagglingNegotiating a lower price
counteroffer · terms · closing · leverage · contract · agreement · concession · tactics · proposal · dialogue
discounts
Subtractions from full price
- advertisingPaid promotional communication
- marketingPromoting goods to consumers
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
coupons · clearance · giveaways · samples · branding · launch · endorsements · demos · sponsorship · merchandising
- businesscompany, corporation, firm, enterprise, commerce
- commercetrade, banking, merchant, imports, exports
- retailAmazon, marketplace, clearance, retail clerks, retailer
- workjob, 9 to 5, jobs, labor, employee
- careersdoctor, lawyer, teacher, engineer, nurse
- business termsfranchising, revenue stream, board meeting, gross margin, markdown
salespurchases
Goods obtained for money
buying · procurement · acquisitions · purchasing · returns
salesproduction
Making or generating something
manufacturing · operations · R&D · research and development · accounting
salesreturns
Profits from investments
refunds · stagnation · buybacks · recalls · dead stock
- for saleAvailable for buying
- on saleOffered at discount
- yard saleHome-based resale event
- garage salesHome-based secondhand selling
- sales pitchPersuasive commercial presentation
- bake saleHomemade goods fundraiser
sale, wholesale, salesman, salesperson, resale, wholesaler, sales tax, saleswoman, saleslady