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COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 2: ADJECTIVES/NOUN + salesstrong (=good)The company has reported continuing strong sales.disappointingSales for the first three months of ... saleFromLongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglishRelatedtopics:Tradesalesale/seɪl/●●●S1W1noun    1[countable,uncountable]BBTwhenyousellsomethingsaleof  Theuseandsaleofmarijuanaremainsillegal.  Harveygetsa$50commissioneverytimehemakesasale (=sellssomethingaspartofhisjob).  Carsalesmenwilloftenbringdownthepriceratherthanloseasale (=failtosellsomething).  armssalestoIran2→sales3→forsale4→onsale5[countable]BBTCHEAPaperiodoftimewhenshopsselltheirgoodsatlowerpricesthanusual  Marsdon’sdepartmentstoreishavingasalethisweek.thesalesBritishEnglish(=whenalltheshopshaveasale)  IpickedupsomerealbargainsintheJanuarysalesthisyear.6[countable]BBTSELLaneventatwhichthingsaresoldtothepersonwhooffersthehighestpriceSYNauction  asaleof17th-centurypaintings 7→salesdrive/campaign8→salespitch/talk9→(on)saleorreturn→billofsale,jumblesale,pointofsaleCOLLOCATIONS–Meaning1:whenyousellsomethingverbsmakeasale(=sellsomethingaspartofyourjob)Asalesmanmaycommunicateperfectlywellwithacustomerbutfailtomakeasale.loseasale(=failtosellsomething)Harrylostthesalebecausehewasnotpersistentenough.adjectivesaquicksaleHewantsaquicksale,sohemightreducetheprice.COLLOCATIONS–Meaning2:ADJECTIVES/NOUN+salesstrong(=good)Thecompanyhasreportedcontinuingstrongsales.disappointingSalesforthefirstthreemonthsofthisyearweredisappointing.recordsales(=betterthaneverbefore)TheFordFiestahasachievedrecordsalesinItaly.car/ticket/booketcsalesCarsaleshavefalleneverymonthforthepasttwoyears.annualsalesThecompanyhasannualsalesofover$300million.worldwidesalesWorldwidesalesofwineareincreasing.retailsales(=salesofthingstothepublicinshops)Thevolumeofretailsaleswas0.3percenthigherthaninthepreviousquarter.exportsales(=salesofthingstoothercountries)Exportsalesroseforthesixthconsecutivemonth.high-streetsalesBritishEnglish(=inshopsintownsandcities)Lastmonthsawrecordhigh-streetsales.verbssalesincrease/rise/grow/goupSalesroseby9%lastyear.salesfall/drop/godown(=becomelower)Europeansaleshavefallenby12%.salesimproveSalesareexpectedtoimproveoverthecomingyear.salessoar(=increasequicklyandbyalargeamount)Computersalessoaredaspricescontinuedtocomedown.salesslump(=decreasequicklyandbyalargeamount)Meatsaleshaveslumpedfollowingthemostrecenthealthscare.sales+NOUNsalesfiguresThecompanysaiditssalesfigurescontinuedtoshowgrowth.asalestargetItachievedonly20%ofitssalestarget.thesalesforce(=thepeoplewhosellacompany'sproducts)Thesalesforcehadgrownfrom40to270.salesperformance(=howmuchacompanysells)Therehasbeenanencouragingimprovementinsalesperformance.thesalesforecast(=howmuchacompanyexpectstosell)Thesalesforecastisfora12%increaseinsalesoverthecurrentyear.phrasesanincrease/growthinsalesThecompanyisexpectinga20%increaseinsalesnextyear.afall/dropinsalesSomejobsmaybecutfollowingabigdropinsales.thevolumeofsales(=theamountofgoodsacompanysells)Becauseofitshighvolumeofsales,thecompanycankeeppriceslow. ExamplesfromtheCorpussale•Ameliaboughtherjacketatasalefortwentydollars.•There'sgoingtobeasaleatMacy'snextweek.•Thebookstoreacrossthestreetishavingasale.•Thedeclarationexposedhimtoaccusationsofhypocrisyaftereachrevelationofarmssalestodubiousregimes.•Deb'sbiggestsaletodaywasaguitarfor$500.•AlltheChristmassalesstartrightafterThanksgiving.•acraftsale•Inadditiontotheconference,aonedaysalestrainingcoursewasheldthedaybefore.•Lastyearsawhalfofprivately-heldTivoli'srevenuescomefromsalesofTivoliWorks,theframework,toolkitsandservices.•TollBrothersInc.,abuilderofluxuryhomes,isseeingarapidriseinitssales.•IgotthiscoatforhalfpriceintheJanuarysales.•Theemphaticansweristhatitisnotacontractofsale.•Fivefurtherdrawingswerepurchasedafterthesalefromdealers,againwithoutsidesupport.•Thecompanydeclinedtogiveatimetableforthesale.•HuizengawasexpectedtoannouncethedetailsofthesaleThursdayafternoonatnewsconferenceatProPlayerStadium.lose...sale•Theregionalnewspaperindustrymayalsolosesales.•However,thetrailer'slosswasnotmerelynominalbecausehehadlostasale.•Foot-and-mouthhasalreadycost£51millioninlostsalesoflivestock.•Thuswhenonepurchaserbackedout,thetraderdidnotloseasale. thesales•Therewereotherwaystoadvertisethatcouldkeepthewarningsataminimum,andthesalesofcigaretteszooming.•Cherylalsohandlesallcarphonearrangementsforthesalesteam,negotiatingrateswiththephonecompanies.•ThinkbacktothedayJoanYanceyofTandemreturnedfromthesalesconference.•AProductionBudgetispreparedonthebasisoftheSalesBudget.•Thenameofthesalespersonwhomadeeachsale;5.•Answerguide:Theyhavenodirecteffectbutoftenthedebtoristheothersideofthesalesentry.•Oncethedesiredsalespriceisdeter-mined,adesiredamountwillbedeductedfromthesalespriceforprofit.•Thismayresultinaproductspecificationbeingdrawnupinwhichthesalesengineersmayhaveaninfluence.FromLongmanBusinessDictionarysalesale/seɪl/noun1[countable,uncountable]COMMERCEtheactofsellingsomeoneproperty,food,orothergoodssaleofThepublicprotestedatthesaleoflandforindustrialdevelopment.Ahousesalemaybecompletedinfourweeks.Everytimewemakeasale,Iget$50commission.Ratherthanloseasale,carsalesmenwilloftenbringdowntheprice.Ticketsgoonsale(=becomeavailabletobuy)laterthisweek.→seealsobillofsale,conditionsofsale,offerforsale,pointofsale,trustforsale,trusteeforsale →cashsale→conditionalsale→creditsale→directsale→directsales→firmsale→forwardsale→indirectsale→lastsale→privatesale→publicsale→shortsale→washsale2forsaleCOMMERCEavailabletobeboughtExecutivessaidthefirmmaybeforsale.Wedon’thaveaforsalesignupoutsidethebuilding.Sherecentlyputherhouseupforsale.3onsaleAmericanEnglishCOMMERCEavailableforashorttimeatareducedpriceSYNONOFFERBrEIboughtasetofironskilletsonsalefor$8.99.4COMMERCE[countable]aperiodoftimewhenashopsellsitsgoodsatlowerpricesthanusualThedrugstoredowntownishavingasale,andsomethingsaredowntohalfprice.→clearancesale→closingdownsale→end-of-seasonsale5thesales[plural]BritishEnglishCOMMERCEwhenshopsaresellingtheirgoodsatlowerpricesthanusualYoumightbeabletogetacheapbedinthesales.Thecostoffootwearwasreducedby12%attheJanuarysales.6[countable]COMMERCEaneventatwhichthingsaresold,especiallytothepersonwhooffersthehighestpricesaleofasaleof17thcenturypaintings→firesale7sales[plural]ACCOUNTINGthetotalnumberofproductsthatacompanysellsduringaparticularperiodoftimeWegrossedmorethan£500,000insaleslastyear.Therateofsalesgrowthslowedinthesecondhalfoftheyear.They’vealreadyreachedtheirsalestargetsforthisyear.Doyouhavethismonth’ssalesfigures?→comparable-storesales→grosssales→netsales→retailsales→same-storesales→tradesales→unitsales8sales[uncountable]MARKETINGthepartofacompanythatdealswithsellingproductsI’dliketoworkinsales.Sheisdirectorofsalesandmarketing.asalesmanagerOriginsale(1000-1100)OldNorsesala Exercises Exercises Vocabularyexerciseshelpyoutolearnsynonyms,collocationsandidioms. IntermediateandAdvancedlevelgrammarpracticewithprogresstests. Listeningandpronunciation,exampreparationandmore! Moreresults mis-sale bootsale cashsale firesale firmsale lastsale saleprice Seeallresults Picturesoftheday Whatarethese? Clickonthepicturestocheck. Exploretopics Furniture Electricity Geology Government Seealltopics Wordoftheday highlight tomakeaproblemorsubjecteasytonoticesothatpeoplepayattentiontoit