Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sales

/seɪlz/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.02 in modern English

Syllables
sales
IPA
/seɪlz/
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of sale

noun

The activities involved in selling goods or services.

noun

The amount or value of goods and services sold.

name

A surname from Catalan.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Spanish, from Catalan sales.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Saleses (plural)

Derived Forms

aftersales nonsales postsales presales salesbook salesbot salesboy saleschild salesclerk salescritter salesfloor salesforce

Phrases

book sales club e-sales goods and sales tax gross sales in the sales net sales sales advisor sales agent

Synonyms

gross sales gross revenue

Homonyms

sails

Rhymes With

details wales fails emails males tales nails scales trails rails whales tails

Questions

How do you pronounce sales?
The recorded pronunciation is /seɪlz/.
What does sales mean?
plural of sale
Where does sales come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

How to pronounce sales

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