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.

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