Noun

sales

1. Plural form of sale.
2. The activities involved in selling goods or services.

   He's likable and motivated: perfect for a career in sales.

3. Revenues

   Sales were up 12% over last year.

Anagrams

• lases
• seals, SEALs

French

Verb

sales

1. Second-person singular indicative present of saler
2. Second-person singular subjunctive present of saler

Adjective

sales pl.

1. Plural of sale

Anagrams

• lasse

Spanish

Verb

sales (infinitive salir)

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) present indicative form of salir.

Noun

sales f. pl.

1. Plural form of sal.

A sale is the pinnacle activity involved in the selling products or services in return for money or other compensation. It is an act of completion of a commercial activity.

The seller - the provider of the goods or services - completes a sale in response to an acquisition or to an appropriation or to a request. There follows the passing of title (property or ownership) in the item, and the application and due settlement of a price, the obligation for which arises due to the seller's requirement to pass ownership. Ideally, a seller agrees upon a price at which he willingly parts with ownership of or any claim upon the item. The purchaser, though a party to the sale, does not execute the sale, only the seller does that. To be precise the sale completes prior to the payment and gives rise to the obligation of payment. If the seller completes the first two above stages (consent and passing ownership) of the sale prior to settlement of the price, the sale remains valid and gives rise to an obligation to pay.