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Sales vs Returns - What's the difference?

sales | returns |

As verbs the difference between sales and returns

is that sales is while returns is (return).

As a noun returns is

.

sales

English

Noun

(en-plural noun)
  • The activities involved in selling goods or services.
  • The amount or value of goods and services sold.

    • Usage notes

    * Often used attributively.

    Anagrams

    * * ----

    returns

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • (pluralonly) Merchandise returned to a retailer or wholesaler by a purchaser.
  • (pluralonly) Unsold merchandise returned to the supplier.
  • * {{quote-book, year=2002
    • , author=Irina Dunn , title=The writer's guide , chapter= citation , isbn= , page=129 , passage=The number of unsold books that booksellers return to publishers (called the rate of returns ) has been averaging between 25 per cent and 35 per cent.}}

    Verb

    (head)
  • (return)

    • Anagrams

    * turners

    See also

    * many happy returns