sale Definition
sale (sāl)
noun
- the act of selling; exchange of property of any kind, or of services, for an agreed sum of money or other valuable consideration
- opportunity to sell or be sold; market
- the act of offering goods to the highest bidder; auction
- a special offering of goods at prices lower than usual
- receipts in business
- the work, department, etc. of selling a job in sales
Etymology: ME < OE sala < ON: for IE base see sell
sale Idioms
for sale
to be sold; offered for purchase
on sale
for sale, esp. at a price lower than usual
sale Synonyms
sale
n.
The act of selling
commerce, business, traffic, exchange, barter, commercial enterprise, marketing, vending, trade; see also economics.An individual instance of selling
deal, transaction, negotiation, turnover, trade, purchase, auction, disposal; see also buying, selling 1.An organized effort to promote unusual selling
bargain sale, clearance, stock reduction, fire sale, unloading, dumping, remnant sale, going out of business sale, bankruptcy sale, yard sale, lawn sale, tag sale, garage sale, closeout*, sellout*.
for<strong> or </strong>on<strong> or </strong>up for sale
on sale
sale Law Definition
n
conditional sale
sheriffs sale
tax sale
sale Usage Examples
Converse of object
- boost: Sales promotions and the prevailing cold weather boosted the sales in these categories, it said.
- generate: Become a Samuel Windsor Affiliate and earn 10 % from every sale generated from your site.
Adjective modifier
- retail: I just did some reading on retail sales in Britain.
- like-for-like: It said like-for-like sales rose by 0.8 per cent during the month, compared with November 2004.
- net: In 2004, net sales exceeded $ 3.7 billion.
- total: KIDS DRINKS AC Nielsen data reveals that kids soft drinks account for 10 per cent of total soft drink sales.
- increased: Generic keywords vs. highly targeted key phrases Surprisingly many companies still believe that increased traffic will necessary lead to increased sales.
Modifies a noun
- team: Whether you are in business on your own, or employ a small sales team, this is a ' must ' read.
- manager: Who sells best, a linguist with no selling skills, or a sales manager who has acquired some foreign language?
- executive: We were in the process of negotiation with the sales executive, trying to agree a better deal on a new car.
- proceed: Unit Trust settlement is on a T+5 basis which may restrict the investment of sale proceeds into shares.
- rep: We would also like to stress that the team does not meet sales reps who call unannounced.
- representative: The sales representative 's name may be on the Supplier List or Other Names List, rather than on the Employe List.
Noun used with modifier
- boot: Consider doing a car boot sale or donating to charity.
- ticket: Box office increase 33 % rise in ticket sales over the past season.
- jumble: How about organizing a fundraising jumble sale or coffee morning?
Preposition: of
alcohol: Any sale of alcohol at an event requires a license now.
Preposition: by
auction: They were going through their house looking for items to put up for sale by auction.
Browse dictionary entries near sale
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- ‹ salaried
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- ‹ Salamis
- ‹ salami
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