close the sale

Idioms  

1. Also, close the deal;. Complete a transaction, as in Jack was delighted to close the sale. This term applies to such transactions as the sale of a house, also put as closing on a house, as well as negotiations leading up to a sale. The latter was also put as to close a bargain, a phrase used by Charles Dickens and other 19th-century writers: “He closed the bargain directly it reached his ears,” Nicholas Nickleby, 1838.

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Example Sentences

If it knows you are a price-sensitive shopper who compares across sites, it may offer you a better deal to close the sale.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Goldman Sachs bankers still hoped they could close the sale at $95, the sources said.

From Reuters • Mar. 11, 2023

Ventimiglia, fresh off "This Is Us," is the name meant to close the sale on "The Company You Keep."

From Salon • Feb. 27, 2023

Dee Haslam said Wednesday plans are moving quickly to close the sale.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 9, 2019

As a matter of fact nine times out of ten the hardest part of the transaction is to close the sale.

From Business Correspondence by Anonymous