sale
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (5)sales
- a particular instance of selling“he has just made his first sale”“they had to complete the sale before the banks closed”Type of selling, merchandisingKinds divestiture
- the general activity of selling“they tried to boost sales”“laws limit the sale of handguns”Type of selling, merchandisingKinds auction, sell
- 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”Synonyms: cut-rate salesales eventType of occasionKinds car boot sale, realization, fire sale, garage sale, clearance sale, white sale, rummage sale, closeout, going-out-of-business sale, bazaar +1 more
- the state of being purchasable; offered or exhibited for selling“you'll find vitamin C for sale at most pharmacies”“the new line of cars will soon be on sale”Type of merchantability
- 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”Synonyms: sales agreementType of agreement, understandingKinds sheriff's sale, conditional sale
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Translations
Noun act of selling
- Spanish
- venta
- French
- vente
- German
- Verkauf
- Italian
- vendita
- Portuguese
- venda
- Turkish
- satış
- Russian
- прода́жа prodáža
- Arabic
- بَيْع bayʕ
- Chinese
- 销售 xiāoshòu
- Japanese
- 販売 hanbai
36 more languages
- Dutch
- verkoop
- Polish
- sprzedaż
- Swedish
- försäljning
- Greek
- πώληση pólisi
- Korean
- 판매 panmae
- Indonesian
- penjualan
- Vietnamese
- việc bán hàng
- Hungarian
- eladás
- Portuguese (PT)
- venda
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 銷售 xiāoshòu
- Albanian
- shitje
- Breton
- gwerzh
- Catalan
- venda
- Corsican
- vendita
- Czech
- prodej
- Danish
- salg
- Esperanto
- vendo
- Estonian
- müük
- Finnish
- myynti
- Georgian
- გაყიდვა gaq̇idva
- Hebrew
- מְכִירָה m'khirá
- Icelandic
- sala
- Kurdish
- firotin
- Latvian
- pārdošana
- Lithuanian
- pardavimas
- Malagasy
- varotra
- Norwegian
- salg
- Romanian
- vânzare
- Scottish Gaelic
- reic
- Serbo-Croatian
- prodaja
- Slovak
- predaj
- Slovenian
- prodaja
- Swahili
- mauzo
- Walloon
- vinte
- Welsh
- gwerthiant
- Yiddish
- פֿאַרקויף farkoyf
Noun sale of goods at reduced prices
- Spanish
- liquidación
- French
- soldes
- German
- Ausverkauf
- Italian
- svendita
- Russian
- распрода́жа rasprodáža
- Arabic
- تخفيض taḵfīḍ
- Chinese
- 甩卖 shuǎimài
- Japanese
- 特売 tokubai
- Dutch
- uitverkoop
- Polish
- wyprzedaż
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
See 1st Sallow. obsolete Edmund Spenser
Origin: Icel. sala, sal, akin to E. sell. See Sell, transitive verb
1. The act of selling; the transfer of property, or a contract to transfer the ownership of property, from one person to another for a valuable consideration, or for a price in money.
2. Opportunity of selling; demand; market.
They shall have ready sale for them.— Edmund Spenser
3. Public disposal to the highest bidder, or exposure of goods in market; auction. Sir William Temple
Bill of sale. See under Bill. — Of sale, On sale, For sale, to be bought or sold; offered to purchasers; in the market. — To set to sale, to offer for sale; to put up for purchase; to make merchandise of. obsolete John Milton
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54