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Webster 1913 Edition
Sale
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. Spenser.
3.
Public disposal to the highest bidder, or exposure of goods in market; auction.
Sir W. 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.
[Obs.]
Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sale
SALE
,Noun.
1.
The act of selling; the exchange of a commodity for money of equivalent value. The exchange of one commodity for another is barter or permutation, and sale differs from barter only in the nature of the equivalent given.2.
Vent; power of selling; market. He went to market, but found no sale for his goods.3.
Auction; public sale to the highest bidder, or exposure of goods in market. [Little used.]4.
State of being venal, or of being offered to bribery; as, to set the liberty of a state to sale.5.
A wicker basket.SALE
,Adj.