# sales
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /seɪlz/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Homophone: sails
* Rhymes: -eɪlz
* Hyphenation: sales

### Noun

sales pl (plural only)
* plural of sale
* 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.
* The amount or value of goods and services sold.
    Sales were up 12% over last year.

#### Usage notes

* Often used attributively.

#### Derived terms

* aftersales
* book sales club
* e-sales
* goods and sales tax
* gross sales
* in the sales
* net sales
* nonsales
* postsales
* presales
* sales advisor
* sales agent
* sales assistant
* sales associate
* salesbook
* salesbot
* salesboy
* saleschild
* sales clerk, salesclerk
* salescritter
* sales floor, salesfloor
* sales force, salesforce
* salesgirl
* saleslady, sales-lady
* sales ledger
* salesman (see for more)
* salesmarketer
* salesmaster
* sales order
* salesperson
* salespersonship
* sales pitch
* salespoint
* sales profit
* sales rep
* sales representative
* sales resistance
* salesrobot
* salesroom
* sales slip
* sales tax
* sales team
* sales volume
* saleswise
* saleswoman
* saleswomanship
* salesy
* salesyard
* system sales
* telesales
* telesalesperson
* volume sales

### Anagrams

* ALSes, lases, SEALs, seals, salse, Seals, assle, Elsas, LSASE

## Asturian
### Noun

sales
* plural of sal
* plural of sala

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈsa.ləs]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈsa.les]

### Noun

sales
* plural of sala

### Verb

sales
* second-person singular present indicative of salar

## Chinese
### Alternative forms

* sell屎, sale屎

### Etymology

From clipping of English salesperson.

### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): seu$^1$ si$^2$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: seu$^1$ si$^2$
*** Cantonese Pinyin: seu$^1$ si$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɛːu̯⁵⁵ siː³⁵/

### Noun

sales
* (Hong Kong Cantonese) salesperson
    From: 2015, 東尼, 爆數——香港人的銷售天書, page 9
    zou$^6$ seu$^1$ si$^2$ hou$^2$ san$^1$ fu$^2$ gaa$^3$ wo$^3$, jau$^6$ jiu$^3$ paau$^2$ sou$^3$, jau$^6$ jiu$^3$ deoi$^3$ haak$^3$ [Jyutping]
    Being a salesperson is really hard; you have to meet the quotas and meet with clients
    From: 2016, 莊偉忠, 不離地的CEO, page 80
    sap$^6$ jyut$^6$ fan$^6$ jing$^1$ goi$^1$ ceng$^2$ tung$^4$ si$^6$, bou$^2$ on$^1$, cing$^1$ git$^3$ neoi$^5$ gung$^1$, zyun$^1$ gwai$^6$ seu$^1$ si$^2$ sik$^6$ mat$^1$ dung$^1$ dung$^1$ [Jyutping]
    In October, what should I treat my colleagues, security, cleaning ladies and salespeople at the counters to?
    From: 2016, 郭釗, HEA富學：一天只做 2 小時的創富方程式, page 50
    jyu$^4$ gwo$^2$ dong$^1$ nin$^4$ ngo$^5$ jat$^1$ zik$^6$ mun$^5$ zuk$^1$ jin$^6$ zong$^6$, gam$^1$ jat$^6$ cing$^4$ fong$^3$ jing$^1$ goi$^1$ gan$^1$ han$^2$ do$^1$ tung$^4$ kei$^4$ dik$^1$ seu$^1$ si$^2$ pang$^4$ jau$^5$ caa$^1$ bat$^1$ do$^1$, zik$^1$ kap$^1$ wo$^4$ san$^1$ cau$^4$ ji$^5$ dou$^3$ daat$^6$ tin$^1$ faa$^1$ baan$^2$ dik$^1$ zung$^1$ gou$^1$ cang$^4$ wai$^6$ zi$^3$, sau$^2$ haa$^6$ ho$^2$ nang$^4$ jau$^5$ sap$^6$ go$^3$ baat$^3$ go$^3$ seu$^1$ si$^2$ [Jyutping]
    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:(file)

### Verb

sales
* second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of saler

### Adjective

sales
* plural of sale

### Anagrams

* lasse, lassé, lésas

## Interlingua
### Noun

sales
* plural of sal

## Latin
### Noun

salēs
* 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
* plural of sale

## Old Spanish
### Noun

sales f pl
* plural of sal

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsales/ [ˈsa.les]
* Rhymes: -ales
* Syllabification: sa‧les

### Etymology 1

See salir

#### Verb

sales
* second-person singular present subjunctive of salar
* second-person singular present indicative of salir

### Etymology 2

See sal

#### Noun

sales f pl
* plural of sal