noun
1 act of selling sth; occasion when things are sold
ADJECTIVE
▪ quick
▪
The price is low to ensure a quick ~.
▪ illegal
▪
the illegal ~ of alcohol
▪ art
▪ bond , share , stock
▪ auction , bake ( AmE ), bring-and-buy ( BrE ), car boot ( BrE ), estate ( AmE ), garage , jumble ( BrE ), rummage ( esp. AmE ), tabletop ( BrE ), tag ( AmE ), yard ( AmE )
VERB + SALE
▪ hold
▪ ban , block , halt , prevent , prohibit , restrict , stop
▪ approve
▪ close , complete , make
▪
If we don't close this ~, we're out of business.
▪ lose
▪ announce
SALE + VERB
▪ make sth , realize sth
▪
The bake ~ made $358 for cancer research.
▪ go ahead , go through , proceed
▪ fall through
▪
The ~ of the house fell through when the buyer pulled out.
SALE + NOUN
▪ price
PREPOSITION
▪ for ~
▪
I see their house is for ~.
▪ on ~
▪
The new stamps are now on ~ at post offices.
PHRASES
▪ conditions of ~
▪
The conditions of ~ were posted up around the auction room.
▪ a contract of ~
▪ point of ~
▪
promotional posters shown at the point of ~
▪ the proceeds from a ~ , the profits from a ~
▪
All proceeds from the ~ of the book will go to charity.
▪ (on) ~ or return ( BrE )
▪
The novels are delivered to outlets on a ~ or return basis.
▪ up for ~
▪
The land has come up for ~ again.
2 sales activity of selling things; amount sold
ADJECTIVE
▪ good , healthy , high , huge , massive , record , strong
▪ increased
▪ disappointing , poor
▪ annual , quarterly
▪ first-quarter , second-quarter , etc.
▪ high-street ( BrE ), over-the-counter , retail
▪
High-street ~s have fallen for the fifth consecutive month.
▪ direct , telephone
▪
Direct ~s, by mail order, were up by 15%.
▪ Internet , online
▪ domestic
▪ local
▪ export , foreign , international , overseas
▪ global , overall , total , world , worldwide
▪ gross , net
▪ unit , volume
▪ CD , DVD , PC , ticket , etc.
▪ home , house , land , property , real estate ( AmE )
▪ auto ( AmE ), car , vehicle
▪ arms
… OF SALES
▪ level , value , volume
▪
The high volume of ~s makes the low pricing policy profitable.
VERB + SALES
▪ achieve , have
▪ generate , rack up ( esp. AmE )
▪
The advertising campaign generated massive ~s.
▪ boost , drive , drive up , expand , increase , push , push up , spur
▪
Low interest rates pushed ~s to a record in 2006.
▪ hurt
▪
Lower consumer confidence could hurt PC ~s.
▪ double , triple , etc.
▪ expect , project
▪ report
▪
The company reported strong ~s for May.
SALES + VERB
▪ account for sth
▪
North American ~s account for 40% of the worldwide market.
▪ amount to sth , reach sth , total sth
▪
~s amounting to over £4 million
▪
Sales failed to reach 10 000 units.
▪ exceed sth
▪ be up , climb , go up , grow , improve , increase , jump , rise , rocket , skyrocket , soar , surge
▪
Sales of ice cream are up because of the hot weather.
▪ be down , decline , drop , fall , fall off , go down , slump
SALES + NOUN
▪ force , people , personnel , staff , team
▪ agent , department , office
▪ director , manager , rep ( informal ), representative
▪ assistant , clerk ( AmE )
▪ campaign , drive , effort , promotion
▪ strategy , tactics , technique
▪ patter ( BrE ), pitch , talk
▪
an aggressive ~s pitch from the company rep
▪ estimates , projections
▪ data , figures , levels , performance , revenue , targets , volume
▪ growth
▪ slump
▪
The factory was forced to shed jobs following a dramatic ~s slump.
▪ conference
▪ presentation
▪ report
▪ tax ( esp. AmE )
▪
It sells for $50 plus ~s tax and shipping.
▪ receipt , slip (both AmE )
PREPOSITION
▪ ~s of
▪
Sales of VCRs have plummeted.
▪ in ~s
▪
I work in ~s ( = in the sales department ).
PHRASES
▪ a decline in ~s , a drop in ~s , a fall in ~s , a slowdown in ~s , a slump in ~s
▪ an increase in ~s , a jump in ~s , a rise in ~s , a surge in ~s , an upturn in ~s
▪ growth in ~s
▪ ~s and marketing
3 period of reduced prices
ADJECTIVE
▪ after-Christmas ( AmE ), annual , January ( BrE ), summer , winter
▪ clothing , furniture , etc.
▪ clearance , closing-down ( BrE ), fire , going-out-of-business ( AmE )
VERB + SALE
▪ hold
SALE + VERB
▪ begin , end
SALE + NOUN
▪ rack ( AmE )
▪ prices
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
I got these shoes in the Bloomingdales ~.
▪ at the ~s , in the ~s (both BrE )
▪
I bought it at the winter ~s.
▪ on ~ ( AmE )
▪
All video equipment is on ~ today and tomorrow.