Search Result for "sale": pronunciation
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (5)

1. a particular instance of selling;
- Example: "he has just made his first sale"
- Example: "they had to complete the sale before the banks closed"

2. the general activity of selling;
- Example: "they tried to boost sales"
- Example: "laws limit the sale of handguns"

3. an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices;
- Example: "they held a sale to reduce their inventory"
- Example: "I got some great bargains at their annual sale"
[syn: sale, cut-rate sale, sales event]

4. the state of being purchasable; offered or exhibited for selling;
- Example: "you'll find vitamin C for sale at most pharmacies"
- Example: "the new line of cars will soon be on sale"

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);
- Example: "the salesman faxed the sales agreement to his home office"
[syn: sale, sales agreement]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sale \Sale\, n. [Icel. sala, sal, akin to E. sell. See Sell,
   v. t.]
   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.
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   2. Opportunity of selling; demand; market.
      [1913 Webster]

            They shall have ready sale for them.  --Spenser.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. Public disposal to the highest bidder, or exposure of
      goods in market; auction. --Sir W. Temple.
      [1913 Webster]

   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. [Obs.] --Milton.
      [1913 Webster] Saleable


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sale \Sale\, n.
   See 1st Sallow. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

62 Moby Thesaurus words for "sale":
   abalienation, alienation, amortization, amortizement, assignation,
   assignment, available, bargain and sale, barter, bazaar,
   bequeathal, buying, cession, closing-out sale, conferment,
   conferral, consignation, consignment, conveyance, conveyancing,
   deeding, deliverance, delivery, demise, disposal, disposition,
   distress sale, enfeoffment, exchange, flea market, garage sale,
   giving, going-out-of-business sale, in stock,
   inventory-clearance sale, lease and release, marked down,
   marketing, on the block, on the market, purchase, purchasing,
   rummage sale, selling, settlement, settling, surrender, tax sale,
   trade, trading, traffic, trafficking, transaction, transfer,
   transference, transmission, transmittal, up for sale, vending,
   vesting, white elephant sale, yard sale