1The exchange of a commodity for money; the action of selling something.

我们把它撤下不卖了。

这桩买卖已经告吹。

1. 1.1sales A quantity or amount sold.
   销售量，销售额
   price cuts failed to boost sales

   减价没能增加销量。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Margiotta said figures for the current year would show increases and that sales at its new shop in Dundas Street were above target.
   • It seems that this year's photography sales have started pushing prices into areas once traditionally associated with paintings or sculpture.
   • While Nan Fung achieved solid sales by cutting prices, market sources said other developers were unlikely to follow suit.
   • All divisions reported increased sales and either reduced losses or improved earnings.
   • Combine quick load times with great products as well as great prices and your sales will start to sky rocket.
   • The company says that on an annualised basis it will reduce sales and marketing costs by £15 million a year.
   • The shop targets to achieve sales worth Rs.23 crores during the current financial year.
   • The fall of the dollar has further weakened the company because the value of its US sales were reduced when converted back to euro.
   • Marks and Spencer reported its first increase in quarterly clothing sales for nearly three years with sales in Irish shops still on the rise.
   • The overall annual quantity of our beef sales to Egypt when translated into live cattle equivalent amounts to 450,000 animals.
   • A survey released by the CBI has revealed that traders nationally are facing a slower festive period with sales not as high as last year.
   • Over a period of time, the increase in sales starts to slow down and this is known as the maturity stage.
   • The fear is that corporate profits have been boosted by cost cutting, not increased sales and prices from a revival of the economy.
   • If it is priced wisely, Octavia sales next year should increase even further.
   • Larger music companies say they'll reduce prices on the coolest CDs in an effort to boost sales and reduce piracy.
   • Imagined relationships are a part of the TV shopping channel experience that increases sales.
   • Conflicting evidence suggests that swapping music either increases or reduces CD sales.
   • Profits in Spain and Poland were reduced by price cuts, and sales also slipped in Belgium and Ukraine.
   • However, expectations are extremely high for the year ahead such that three of four repair shops are expecting sales to increase.
   • But when prices fall, sales generally increase, offsetting some of the decrease in revenue.
2. 1.2sales The activity or business of selling products.
   销售活动，销售
   director of sales and marketing

   市场销售总监。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Each of these groups has its own business manager, sales manager and product development manager.
   • We play but a support role in the most important aspect of the promotional products business: sales.
   • The retail sales report can be compared to the sales activity of a publicly traded company.

2A period during which a retailer sells goods at reduced prices.

1. 2.1often with modifier A public or charitable event at which goods are sold.
   义卖
   Example sentencesExamples

   • The next fundraising event is an indoor sale to be held at Melksham Labour Club on February 22.
   • She regularly holds sales and other fundraising events and has raised thousands of pounds.
   • Half of the total has been collected from auctions, sales, coffee mornings and other events at the church in Otley Road.
   • KIND-hearted youngsters are organising a bring and buy sale to raise money.
   • Fundraising events included a giant sale at Marshfield, lunches, jumble sales and coffee mornings.

   Synonyms

   fete, fair, jumble sale, bring-and-buy sale, car boot sale, carnival
2. 2.2 A public auction.
   拍卖
   Example sentencesExamples

   • The fundraiser will also feature music by a number of local artists as well as a silent auction and art sale.
   • Any remaining items will go to the auction mart furniture sale on Wednesday, June 6.