"sales" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-us-sales.ogg [US] Forms: sale [singular], sales [plural]
Head templates: {{noun|sale}} [POS TABLE]
  1. The plural form of sale; more than one (kind of) sale.
    Sense id: simple-sales-en-noun-YkztKeYW Categories (other): Plurals
  2. Sales is the number or value of things sold.
    Sense id: simple-sales-en-noun-E7MMEnWV
  3. Sales is the part of a company or industry that tries to get people to buy more.
    Sense id: simple-sales-en-noun-p3euob-k
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        },
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          "text": "Retail sales have fallen for two months in a row."
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          "text": "She's now Seattle's director of marketing and sales."
        },
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          "text": "I'm not the kind of person who can be successful in sales."
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