noun
- the act of selling.
- a quantity sold.
- opportunity to sell; demand: slow sale.
- a special disposal of goods, as at reduced prices.
- transfer of property for money or credit.
- an auction.
Idioms
- for sale, offered to be sold; made available to purchasers.
- on sale, able to be bought at reduced prices.
noun
- the exchange of goods, property, or services for an agreed sum of money or credit
- the amount sold
- the opportunity to sell; marketthere was no sale for luxuries
- the rate of selling or being solda slow sale of synthetic fabrics
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- an event at which goods are sold at reduced prices, usually to clear old stocks
- (as modifier)sale bargains
- an auction
noun
- a town in NW England, in Trafford unitary authority, Greater Manchester: a residential suburb of Manchester. Pop: 55 234 (2001)
- a city in SE Australia, in SE Victoria: centre of an agricultural region. Pop: 12 854 (2001)
noun
- a port in NW Morocco, on the Atlantic adjoining Rabat. Pop: 880 000 (2003)
n.late Old English sala “a sale, act of selling,” from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse sala “sale,” from Proto-Germanic *salo (cf. Old High German sala, Swedish salu, Danish salg), from PIE root *sal- (3) “to grasp, take.” Sense of “a selling of shop goods at lower prices than usual” first appeared 1866. Sales tax attested by 1886. Sales associate by 1946. Sales representative is from 1910. At a reduced price, as in These rugs have been on sale for a month. The use of sale for disposing of goods at lowered prices dates from about 1860. see close the sale; on sale; white sale.