Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

point of sale

/ˌpɔɪnt əv ˈseɪl/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.88 in modern English

Syllables: point of sale
IPA: /ˌpɔɪnt əv ˈseɪl/

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The location at which payment for goods is made in an establishment that sells goods or services.

Example Sentences

"Near-synonym: point of purchase"
"His trenchant criticisms of the Church's repression […] include a discussion of the considerable 1938 success of the fledgling NODL in getting magazines removed from various points of sale."
"Traditionally, 'ticket office' seems to have been the preferred term in America, with Britain using the term 'booking office' (as an 1881 edition of The Railway Age Monthly and Railway Service Magazine explains). Today, the two are often used interchangeably (as the recent 'Save our ticket offices' campaign shows), with the term 'ticketing' perhaps capturing more of the point-of-sale transaction and issuing of tickets within stations."

Inflected Forms

points of sale (plural)

Phrases

cash on the barrelhead cash register cash wrap checkout counter

Frequently Paired Words

salespoint cash on the barrelhead cash register cash wrap checkout checkout counter checkstand POS

Synonyms

POS point of service point of purchase

Homonyms

point of sail

Questions

How do you pronounce point of sale?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌpɔɪnt əv ˈseɪl/.
What does point of sale mean?: The location at which payment for goods is made in an establishment that sells goods or services.

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