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SALE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A particular instance of selling
Example:
they had to complete the sale before the banks closed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("sale" is a kind of...):
marketing; merchandising; selling (the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sale"):
divestiture (the sale by a company of a product line or a subsidiary or a division)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The general activity of selling
Example:
laws limit the sale of handguns
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("sale" is a kind of...):
marketing; merchandising; selling (the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sale"):
auction; auction sale; vendue (the public sale of something to the highest bidder)
sell (the activity of persuading someone to buy)
Sense 3
Meaning:
An occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices
Example:
I got some great bargains at their annual sale
Synonyms:
cut-rate sale; sale; sales event
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("sale" is a kind of...):
occasion (an opportunity to do something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sale"):
white sale (a sale of household linens)
selloff (a sale of a relatively large number of assets (stocks or bonds or commodities) at a low price typically done to dispose of them rather than as normal trade)
jumble sale; rummage sale (a sale of donated articles)
realisation; realization (a sale in order to obtain money (as a sale of stock or a sale of the estate of a bankrupt person) or the money so obtained)
going-out-of-business sale (a sale of all the tangible assets of a business that is about to close)
garage sale; yard sale (an outdoor sale of used personal or household items held on the seller's premises)
fire sale (a sale of assets at very low prices typically when the seller faces bankruptcy)
fire sale (a sale of merchandise supposedly damaged by fire)
closeout (a sale intended to dispose of all remaining stock)
clearance sale; inventory-clearance sale (a sale to reduce inventory)
boot sale; car boot sale (an outdoor sale at which people sell things from the trunk of their car)
bazaar; fair (a sale of miscellany; often for charity)
Sense 4
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
sale; sales agreement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("sale" is a kind of...):
agreement; understanding (the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sale"):
conditional sale (a sale in which the buyer receives title to the property only upon the performance of some condition (usually the full payment of the purchase price))
execution sale; forced sale; judicial sale; sheriff's sale (a sale of property by the sheriff under authority of a court's writ of execution in order satisfy an unpaid obligation)
Sense 5
Meaning:
The state of being purchasable; offered or exhibited for selling
Example:
the new line of cars will soon be on sale
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("sale" is a kind of...):
merchantability (the state of being fit for market; ready to be bought or sold)
Context examples:
Sale is forbidden in the United States by Federal statute.
(Diacetylmorphine, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A list of goods or services on sale with their description and prices published as a printed document, or as an electronic document.
(Catalog, NCI Thesaurus)
No, White Fang was not for sale at any price.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
I am at present, my dear Copperfield, engaged in the sale of corn upon commission.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
"In this instance I am not prompted by curiosity; I act on the part of Lord Godalming, who wishes to know something of the property which was, he understood, lately for sale."
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
He said he expects no political turmoil between the neighboring Austria and Hungary over the sale.
(Hungarian state-owned enterprise acquires Hirtenberger Defence Group, Wikinews)
Green candy and green pop corn were offered for sale, as well as green shoes, green hats, and green clothes of all sorts.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
The woman who had hoped to find a good sale, gave him what he desired, but went away quite angry and grumbling.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
The people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise; the organized action of making of goods and services for sale.
(Industry, NCI Thesaurus)
Palm oil, the most widely used vegetable oil in the world with total sales in 2018 topping US$30 billion dollars, contributes greatly to the GDP of several tropical countries.
(Greener palm oil possible without sacrificing profit, SciDev.Net)
