- sale
- [[t]se͟ɪl[/t]]
♦sales1) N-SING: usu with supp The sale of goods is the act of selling them for money.
Efforts were made to limit the sale of alcohol.
...a proposed arms sale to Saudi Arabia...
He had never intended living there after his wife's death and immediately set about trying to make a sale.
2) N-PLURAL The sales of a product are the quantity of it that is sold.The newspaper has sales of 1.72 million.
...the huge Christmas sales of computer games.
...retail sales figures.
3) N-PLURAL The part of a company that deals with sales deals with selling the company's products.Until 1983 he worked in sales and marketing...
She was their Dusseldorf sales manager.
4) N-COUNT A sale is an occasion when a shop sells things at less than their normal price....a pair of jeans bought half-price in a sale...
Many stores have started their January sales a month early.
5) N-COUNT A sale is an event when goods are sold to the person who offers the highest price.The Old Master was bought by London dealers at the Christie's sale.
Syn:6) → See also , jumble sale7) PHRASE If something is for sale, it is being offered to people to buy.His former home is for sale at ₤495,000...
There was a Leica camera for sale in the window...
The company is not for sale.
8) PHRASE Products that are on sale can be bought in shops. [mainly BRIT]English textbooks and dictionaries are on sale everywhere...
All tickets go on sale this Friday.
Syn:for sale9) PHRASE If products in a shop are on sale, they can be bought for less than their normal price. [AM]He bought a sports jacket on sale at Gowings Men's Store.
10) PHRASE If a property or company is up for sale, its owner is trying to sell it.The castle has been put up for sale.
Syn:on the market
English dictionary. 2008.