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SALES
Etymology
Proper noun
Sales (plural Saleses)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sales is the 3418th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 10439 individuals. Sales is most common among White (39.21%), Black/African American (22.13%), Hispanic/Latino (20.36%), and Asian/Pacific Islander (14.9%) individuals.
Anagrams
• SEALs, Seals, assle, lases, salse, seals
Noun
sales pl (plural only)
plural of sale
The activities involved in selling goods or services.
The amount or value of goods and services sold.
Usage notes
• Often used attributively.
Anagrams
• SEALs, Seals, assle, lases, salse, seals
Source: Wiktionary
SALE
Sale, n.
Definition: See 1st Sallow. [Obs.] Spenser.
Sale, n. Etym: [Icel. sala, sal, akin to E.sell. See Sell, v. t.]
1. The act of selling; the transfer of property, or a contract to transfer the ownership of property, from one person to another for a valuable consideration, or for a price in money.
2. Opportunity of selling; demand; market. They shall have ready sale for them. Spenser.
3. Public disposal to the highest bidder, or exposure of goods in market; auction. Sir W. Temple. Bill of sale. See under Bill.
– Of sale, On sale, For sale, to be bought or sold; offered to purchasers; in the market.
– To set to sale, to offer for sale; to put up for purchase; to make merchandise of. [Obs.] Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., āthe father of the brideā instead of āthe brideās fatherā
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