The Emergence Machine

Sales

abstract · Business · Level 13 · E10

E10Institutions

Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

Sales is an economic concept involving the exchange of goods and services, facilitated by market and distribution, where exchange is the process of trading goods or services.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “sales” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “sales”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
sales
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL13L12L11L10L2L1L0SalesExchangeMarketProductionPrincipal… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureSubstanceDistributionActionChangeCollectionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

thisprerequisitesSalesL13DistributionL1ExchangeL12MarketL12E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Distribution L1 (requires)
    An economic concept relating to sales, involving production, distribution, or exchange of goods and services.
  • Exchange L12 (requires)
    An economic concept relating to sales, involving production, distribution, or exchange of goods and services.
  • Market L12 (foundational) Economics sense
    Market provides the foundational basis for understanding sales.