sales slip
noun
: a receipt for a purchase
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Other hardware and smartphone companies have seen sales slip this year as consumers reduce spending in the face of high inflation and other economic challenges. 
Talal Ansari, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2022 But while alcohol sales slip, sales of their alcohol-free counterparts are soaring. Danielle Wiener-bronner, CNN, 5 June 2022 Jake France, owner of men’s boutique Boys Fort, had already begun to see sales slip at his downtown store before March, but business plummeted after the start of the pandemic as foot traffic in downtown Portland disappeared. oregonlive, 24 Nov. 2020 Global vehicle sales slipped nearly 42% last month. Time, 28 May 2020 Precision Castparts watched its sales slip in the first quarter across all of its major markets, Berkshire said Saturday in its earnings report. Dallas News, 4 May 2020 Even with global smartphone sales slipping, Qualcomm has expanded from selling modems and processors in phones to other parts, including the antennas and power modulators. Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2019 Banana Republic saw sales slip 3% from a year earlier by that measure, and even mighty Old Navy – the family-friendly chain that has been the company’s life raft –stumbled, notching a 1% comparable-sales drop. Washington Post, 2 June 2019 Sales were boosted by strong results in its home market in Germany, the U.S. and in Brazil, while sales slipped in the Asia-Pacific region. Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2020 See More
Talal Ansari, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2022 But while alcohol sales slip, sales of their alcohol-free counterparts are soaring. Danielle Wiener-bronner, CNN, 5 June 2022 Jake France, owner of men’s boutique Boys Fort, had already begun to see sales slip at his downtown store before March, but business plummeted after the start of the pandemic as foot traffic in downtown Portland disappeared. oregonlive, 24 Nov. 2020 Global vehicle sales slipped nearly 42% last month. Time, 28 May 2020 Precision Castparts watched its sales slip in the first quarter across all of its major markets, Berkshire said Saturday in its earnings report. Dallas News, 4 May 2020 Even with global smartphone sales slipping, Qualcomm has expanded from selling modems and processors in phones to other parts, including the antennas and power modulators. Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2019 Banana Republic saw sales slip 3% from a year earlier by that measure, and even mighty Old Navy – the family-friendly chain that has been the company’s life raft –stumbled, notching a 1% comparable-sales drop. Washington Post, 2 June 2019 Sales were boosted by strong results in its home market in Germany, the U.S. and in Brazil, while sales slipped in the Asia-Pacific region. Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2020 See More Word History
First Known Use
1926, in the meaning defined above