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sale

[ seyl ]

noun

  1. the act of selling. sell. selling.
  2. a quantity sold. sell. sold.
  3. opportunity to sell; demand:

    slow sale.

  4. a special disposal of goods, as at reduced prices.
  5. transfer of property for money or credit.
  6. an auction.


Sale

1

/ seɪl /

noun

  1. a town in NW England, in Trafford unitary authority, Greater Manchester: a residential suburb of Manchester. Pop: 55 234 (2001)
  2. a city in SE Australia, in SE Victoria: centre of an agricultural region. Pop: 12 854 (2001)
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Salé

2

/ sale /

noun

  1. a port in NW Morocco, on the Atlantic adjoining Rabat. Pop: 880 000 (2003)
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sale

3

/ seɪl /

noun

  1. the exchange of goods, property, or services for an agreed sum of money or credit
  2. the amount sold
  3. the opportunity to sell; market

    there was no sale for luxuries

  4. the rate of selling or being sold

    a slow sale of synthetic fabrics

    1. an event at which goods are sold at reduced prices, usually to clear old stocks
    2. ( as modifier )

      sale bargains

  5. an auction
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Other Words From

  • inter·sale noun
  • non·sale noun
  • subsale noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sale1

First recorded before 1050; Middle English; late Old English sala; cognate with Old Norse, Old High German sala; sell 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sale1

Old English sala, from Old Norse sala. See also sell
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. for sale, offered to be sold; made available to purchasers.
  2. on sale, able to be bought at reduced prices.

More idioms and phrases containing sale

see close the sale ; on sale ; white sale .
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Example Sentences

While there are lags in sales, the tendency is to continually check in with people.

From Digiday

This right-of-sale dynamic appears to be particularly acute in the free, ad-supported streaming TV market.

From Digiday

Business publisher Quartz had to close its London office space after ad sales halved in May, cutting 40% of its global workforce.

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Facebook Shops is an e-commerce feature that lets businesses list products for sale across its apps via virtual storefronts.

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Our online and direct-to-consumer sales are up 700% since January, but our in-store retail sales are down 75%.

From Fortune

Tickets go on sale to the public January 15; check back then for a link and an early peek at the inspiring lineup of speakers.

In October, news broke that Regal hired Morgan Stanley to explore a possible sale.

Dee Dee candles, rosaries, shirts and prints are offered for sale near the gallery's door as a kind of consolation.

Its first sale was a Dan Colen work, which sold for “something like $120,000 or $150,000.”

But perhaps the most spectacular lot in the sale is a silver jug, a birthday present to Churchill from his War Cabinet in 1942.

He conceived an idea of securing agents among the colored people, and in that way effect a good sale.

Fruit-trees are clearly too scarce, though Cherries in abundance were offered for sale as we passed.

He continued its sale, however, as a kingly monopoly, allowing only those to engage in it who paid him for the privilege.

The duty on importation had been only twopence per pound, a moderate sum in view of the prices realized by the sale of it.

We are going to send our butler to the sale to-morrow, to pick up some of that sixty-four.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

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