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sale Definition

sale (sāl)

noun

  1. the act of selling; exchange of property of any kind, or of services, for an agreed sum of money or other valuable consideration
  2. opportunity to sell or be sold; market
  3. the act of offering goods to the highest bidder; auction
  4. a special offering of goods at prices lower than usual
  5. receipts in business
  6. 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.

  1. The act of selling

    commerce, business, traffic, exchange, barter, commercial enterprise, marketing, vending, trade; see also economics.

  2. An individual instance of selling

    deal, transaction, negotiation, turnover, trade, purchase, auction, disposal; see also buying, selling 1.

  3. 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 the market, available, up for sale, on sale, offered for purchase, to be sold, marketable, saleable, advertised, listed, selling, on auction, under the hammer, on the auction block, on the block.

on sale

marked down, reduced, at a bargain, cut, at a cut rate, discounted; see also cheap 1, reduced 2.

sale Law Definition

n

A transfer of property or title thereto in exchange for a sum of money; the agreement or contract by which such a transfer takes place. A sale requires a free offer in exchange for a freely agreed-upon purchase price between two individuals who are competent to contract with each other, and who have mutually agreed to the deal. An actual exchange or promised exchange of money is required. Finally, the object, parcel, or title being sold must be capable of being transferred by the seller.
conditional sale
A sale subject to certain events occurring, for example, a transaction to sell one’s home, conditioned upon the sale by buyer of his own home.  Also known as contingent sale. 
sheriff’s sale
A forced sale of property for which full payment has not been made; proceeds of such sale are remitted to the creditor in full or partial satisfaction of the debt. 
tax sale
A forced sale of assets of a taxpayer to satisfy tax obligations that have not been paid. 

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.