→selling expense(Definition ofsales expensefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofsales expense
sales expenseSalesexpenseis entered in the debit column, the difference between this amount and gross profits being net trading profit, for the current month.FromProject GutenbergAll other expenses are roughly fixed, and the speed at whichsalesexpenseyields customer revenue is the key financial metric for the company.FromTechCrunchFirst, the salary of the salesman and the amount of his traveling expenses are entered and footed, the total being the directsalesexpense.FromProject GutenbergPractically our onlysalesexpenseis advertising to tell you about these chests.FromProject GutenbergWhy oursalesexpenseis smaller now than formerly--how you profit.FromProject GutenbergName three or more subdivisions ofsalesexpense, and explain what items are properly included in each.FromProject GutenbergAccounts 84 to 89, inclusive, are closed into asalesexpenseaccount.FromProject GutenbergIn the right-hand, or credit, column the gross profit is brought down; in the left-hand column,salesexpenseis entered, the several items being separated.FromProject GutenbergWhen the totalsalesexpenseand total cost of goods sold is ascertained, the former is divided by the latter amount to obtain the correct percentage.FromProject GutenbergThe totalsalesexpenseis then extended in the credit column and deducted from gross profits, leaving net profits--the real measure of the salesman's value.FromProject GutenbergFollowing this is entered the generalsalesexpensethat should be charged against the business of the salesman, this item being supplied by the accounting department.FromProject GutenbergAll the expenses of the establishment, direct and indirect, including the administration andsalesexpense, should be charged to the cost of the product which is to be sold.FromProject GutenbergThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/sales-expense##
