Sales
[seɪlz] or [selz]
Examples
- In the early days of the sewing machine its sales were chiefly for family use, but this is now no longer the case. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- And the crowd roared; and this broke up the sales. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The productions of the General Electric Company alone average annual sales of nearly $75,000,000, but they do not comprise the total of the country's manufactures in these lines. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- There was often plenty of work for both in the early days of the war, when the news of battle caused intense excitement and large sales of papers. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Sales of one lot Circassians, prime to good, 1852 to 1854, at L240 . 242, buyer 30; one forty-niner--damaged--at L23, seller ten, no deposit. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It is used principally by salesmen in keeping a record of their sales, as three copies can be taken simultaneously with one writing. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- I daresay they might get a peep at that sales book if they wanted to. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Anna was very much pleased by the sales, and told her husband so at supper that evening. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Oh, I daresay by consulting our sales book we could very easily tell you. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Then, because he was dissatisfied with it, he stopped the sales and commenced a new line of investigation, which has recently culminated successfully. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- At the present time the annual sales of the business phonographs and supplies, cylinders, etc. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I still sold them for forty cents, and lost more money that year than any other, because the sales were increasing rapidly. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The exhibition and the sales are private now. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The principle of _cheap editions and large sales_ soon extended to established works of a higher value. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- In spite of the sales I have lost money today, said he. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
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