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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sale /seɪl/USA pronunciation n. - an act of selling:[countable]trying to make a sale.
- a special offering of goods at reduced prices:[countable]They're having a sale: 20% off.
- [countable] transfer of property for money or credit.
- [countable]
- an amount or quantity sold.
- sales, [plural] total receipts from selling.
- [countable] an auction.
- sales, [uncountable* used with a singular verb] a department, as in a business, concerned with selling and promoting goods, etc.:Sales is the department you want to see.
Idioms- Idioms for sale, [uncountable] available for purchase:This house is for sale.
Idioms on sale, [uncountable] to be bought at reduced prices:The store has computers on sale for 50% off. sal•a•ble, sale•a•ble, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sale (sāl),USA pronunciation n. - the act of selling.
- a quantity sold.
- opportunity to sell;
demand:slow sale. - a special disposal of goods, as at reduced prices.
- transfer of property for money or credit.
- an auction.
- Idioms for sale, offered to be sold;
made available to purchasers. - Idioms on sale, able to be bought at reduced prices.
- bef. 1050; Middle English; late Old English sala; cognate with Old Norse, Old High German sala. Compare sell 1
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: sale /seɪl/ n - the exchange of goods, property, or services for an agreed sum of money or credit
- the amount sold
- the opportunity to sell; market: there was no sale for luxuries
- an event at which goods are sold at reduced prices, usually to clear old stocks
- (as modifier): sale bargains
- an auction
Etymology: Old English sala, from Old Norse sala. See also sell Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Sale /seɪl/ n - a town in NW England, in Trafford unitary authority, Greater Manchester: a residential suburb of Manchester. Pop: 55 234 (2001)
- a city in SE Australia, in SE Victoria: centre of an agricultural region. Pop: 12 854 (2001)
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Salé /French: sale/ n - a port in NW Morocco, on the Atlantic adjoining Rabat. Pop: 880 000 (2003)
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