From Longman Business Dictionarysame-store salesˌsame-ˈstore ˌsales [plural] ACCOUNTING a way of measuring a company’s performance, based on the change in the value of its stores’ sales compared to the previous year. The stores that are included in the comparison must have been open for at least a yearWal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer, said June same-store sales in the US rose 1.2 percent. → sale