different between sales vs safes

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se?lz/
• Homophone: sails
• Rhymes: -e?lz
• Hyphenation: sales

Noun

sales pl (plural only)

1. plural of sale
2. The activities involved in selling goods or services.

3. The amount or value of goods and services sold.

Usage notes

• Often used attributively.

Anagrams

• LSASE, SEALs, Seals, assle, lases, salse, seals

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?sa.l?s/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?sa.les/

Noun

sales

1. plural of sala

Verb

sales

1. second-person singular present indicative form of salar

Chinese

Etymology

Borrowed from English sales.

Pronunciation

Noun

sales

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) salesperson

   • ?Sales??????????????? [Cantonese, trad.]
     ?Sales??????????????? [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2015, ??, ??——????????, page 9

     zou⁶ seu¹ si² hou² san¹ fu² gaa³ wo³, jau⁶ jiu³ paau² sou³, jau⁶ jiu³ deoi³ haak³ [Jyutping]

     Being a salesperson is really hard; you have to meet the quotas and meet with clients

   • ???????????????????sales???? [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     ???????????????????sales???? [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2016, ???, ????CEO, page 80

     sap⁶ jyut⁶ fan⁶ jing¹ goi¹ ceng² tung⁴ si⁶, bou² on¹, cing¹ git³ neoi⁵ gung¹, zyun¹ gwai⁶ seu¹ si² sik⁶ mat¹ dung¹ dung¹ [Jyutping]

     In October, what should I treat my colleagues, security, cleaning ladies and salespeople at the counters to?

   • ????????????????????????sales?????????????????????????????????sales [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     ????????????????????????sales?????????????????????????????????sales [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2016, ??, HEA??????? 2 ????????, page 50

     jyu⁴ gwo² dong¹ nin⁴ ngo⁵ jat¹ zik⁶ mun⁵ zuk¹ jin⁶ zong⁶, gam¹ jat⁶ cing⁴ fong³ jing¹ goi¹ gan¹ han² do¹ tung⁴ kei⁴ dik¹ seu¹ si² pang⁴ jau⁵ caa¹ bat¹ do¹, zik¹ kap¹ wo⁴ san¹ cau⁴ ji⁵ dou³ daat⁶ tin¹ faa¹ baan² dik¹ zung¹ gou¹ cang⁴ wai⁶ zi³, sau² haa⁶ ho² nang⁴ jau⁵ sap⁶ go³ baat³ go³ seu¹ si² [Jyutping]

     If I were always satisfied with the situation then, my situation today should be similar to many of my friends who were salespeople around the same time as me, their positions and salaries already at the ceiling mid-high position, with 10 or 8 salespeople under them

Synonyms

• ??????? (shòuhuòyuán)
• ??????? (tu?xi?oyuán)

French

Verb

sales

1. second-person singular present indicative of saler
2. second-person singular present subjunctive of saler

Adjective

sales

1. plural of sale

Anagrams

• lasse, lassé, lésas

Interlingua

Noun

sales

1. plural of sal

Latin

Noun

sal?s

1. nominative plural of s?l
2. accusative plural of s?l
3. vocative plural of s?l

References

• sales in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Norman

Adjective

sales pl

1. plural of sale

Old Spanish

Noun

sales f pl

1. plural of sal

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sales/, [?sa.les]

Etymology 1

See salir

Verb

sales

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) present indicative form of salir.

Etymology 2

See sal

Noun

sales f pl

1. plural of sal

English

Noun

safes

1. plural of safe

Verb

safes

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of safe

Anagrams

• FeAsS

Portuguese

Verb

safes

1. second-person singular (tu) present subjunctive of safar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) negative imperative of safar