noun

1. 1. the act of offering the life of a person or animal, or some object, in propitiation of or homage to a deity
   2. something so offered
2. 1. the act of giving up, destroying, permitting injury to, or forgoing something valued for the sake of something having a more pressing claim
   2. a thing so given up, etc.
3. 1. a selling or giving up of something at less than its supposed value
   2. the loss incurred
4. ☆ Baseball a sacrifice bunt or sacrifice fly

Etymology: OFr < L sacrificium < sacer, sacred + facere, to make, do

transitive verb sacrificed -·ficed′, sacrificing -·fic′·ing

1. to offer as a sacrifice to God or a god
2. to give up, destroy, permit injury to, or forgo (something valued) for the sake of something having a more pressing claim
3. to sell at less than the supposed value
4. ☆ Baseball to advance (a base runner) by means of a sacrifice

intransitive verb

1. to offer or make a sacrifice
2. ☆ Baseball to execute a sacrifice