sales slip

noun

: a receipt for a purchase

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The company — whose snack brands include Goldfish, Snyder’s of Hanover pretzels and Cape Cod chips — saw snack sales slip 5% in the last three months. Steve Kopack, NBC news, 3 June 2025 More Deals and Promotions: Normally, when sales slip, deals and promotions go up. Adam Sarhan, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025 Apple will release its quarterly earnings Thursday, and analysts say the company could beat expectations despite an iPhone sales slip. Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 1 May 2024 Fashion sales slipped in November as apparel and accessories retailers saw sales slip 0.2 percent to $26.32 billion, and sales at department store retailers were down 0.6 percent to $10.82 billion. Vicki M. Young, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for sales slip

Word History

First Known Use

1926, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of sales slip was in 1926

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“Sales slip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sales%20slip. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.

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