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sale

UK/seːl/ US/seɪl/ common

noun

1.

the general activity of selling

  • “they tried to boost sales”
  • “laws limit the sale of handguns”
2.

a particular instance of selling

  • “he has just made his first sale”
  • “they had to complete the sale before the banks closed”
3.

the state of being purchasable; offered or exhibited for selling

  • “you”
  • “;”
4.

an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices

  • “they held a sale to reduce their inventory”
  • “I got some great bargains at their annual sale”
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5.

an agreement (or contract) in which property is transferred from the seller (vendor) to the buyer (vendee) for a fixed price in money (paid or agreed to be paid by the buyer)

  • “the salesman faxed the sales agreement to his home office”
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Origin

From Middle English sale, sal, from Old English sæl (“room, hall, castle”), from Proto-Germanic *salą (“house, hall”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“home, dwelling, village”). Cognate with West Frisian seal, Dutch zaal, German Saal, Swedish sal, Icelandic salur, Lithuanian sala (“village”). Doublet of sala and salle. Related also to salon, saloon.

Phrases

  • bake sale
  • bargain and sale
  • bill of sale
  • blowout sale
  • boot sale
  • bring-and-buy sale
  • car boot sale
  • Cinderella sale

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