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Makaannan Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Sales vs. sales

Hi all you capitalists!

Is there a difference between the two? Let's say I'm responsible for a company department called Ticket Sale(s)... Do I use the s-less form of add the s? Is there a difference between 'ticket sale' and 'ticket sales'?

BR Olav
  

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" You work in the sales department. When you mark down the prices, you're having a sale. When you sell an item or group of items to a customer, you make a sale.

— Avangi

  • " You work in the sales department.
  • When you mark down the prices, you're having a sale.
  • When you sell an item or group of items to a customer, you make a sale.
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Use the "s." You work in the sales department. When you mark down the prices, you're having a sale. When you sell an item or group of items to a customer, you make a sale.
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a 'bicycle sale' means that bicycles are being sold at a price less than usual e.g. 10% off, or 1/3 off, or 'half price'

So - a ticket sale would mean that you are selling £50 tickets to a rock concert for less than that! That would make your manager happy!

Tickets sales means 'the selling of tickets' for the rock concert, (and the price for the tickets has been set and is fixed
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ERROR: typo - that should be:

Ticket sales means 'the selling of tickets' for the rock concert, (and the price for the tickets has been set and is fixed.
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"Ticket sales" can also refer to the total volume of tickets sold for an event, expressed in numbers or in money. Advance ticket sales for the concert exceeded $50,000.
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