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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.
Definition 2024
Sale
sale
sale
English
Noun
sale (plural sales)
- (obsolete) A hall.
Etymology 2
From Middle English sale, from Old English sala (“act of selling, sale”), from Old Norse sala (“sale”), from Proto-Germanic *salō (“delivery”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“to grab”).
Noun
sale (plural sales)
- An exchange of goods or services for currency or credit.
- He celebrated after the sale of company.
- The sale of goods at reduced prices.
- They are having a clearance sale: 50% off.
- The act of putting up for auction to the highest bidder.
Derived terms
terms derived from sale (noun)
Troponyms
- (selling of goods at reduced prices): cut-rate sale, sales event
- (act of putting up for auction to the highest bidder): auction, public sale
Translations
exchange of goods or services for currency or credit
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sale of goods at reduced prices
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act of putting up for auction to the highest bidder
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See also
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sal]
- Homophone: salle
Etymology 1
From Middle French, from Old French sale (“dull, dirty”), from Old Frankish *salo (“dull, dirty grey”), from Proto-Germanic *salwaz (“dusky, dark, muddy”), from Proto-Indo-European *salw-, *sal- (“dirt, dirty”). Cognate with Old High German salo (“dull, dirty grey”), Old English salu (“dark, dusky”), Old Norse sǫlr (“yellowish”). More at sallow.
Adjective
sale m, f (plural sales)
Derived terms
Terms derived from sale
Related terms
Etymology 2
From saler
Verb
sale
- first-person singular present indicative of saler
- third-person singular present indicative of saler
- first-person singular present subjunctive of saler
- first-person singular present subjunctive of saler
- second-person singular imperative of saler
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsale/, [ˈsaː.le]
- Hyphenation: sà‧le
Etymology 1
From Latin sāl, salem (“salt”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂l-.
Noun
sale m (plural sali)
Derived terms
Terms derived from sale
Related terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
Noun
sale f pl
- plural of sala
Verb
sale
- third-person singular present indicative of salire
Anagrams
Latin
Noun
sale
- ablative singular of sāl
References
- sale in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “sale”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- sale in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
- sale in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Norman
Etymology
From Old French sale (“dull, dirty”), from a Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *salwaz (“dusky, dark, muddy”), from Proto-Indo-European *salw-, *sal- (“dirt, dirty”).
Adjective
sale m, f
Derived terms
- sale maladie (“venereal disease”)
Old French
Noun
sale f (oblique plural sales, nominative singular sale, nominative plural sales)
- room (subsection of a building)
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
- […] que la soe amie
Est la plus bele de la sale[.] - - […] The his wife
- Is the most beautiful in the room
- […] que la soe amie
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
Descendants
Spanish
Etymology
For the interjection, sale is part of a former rhyming phrase, sale y vale, see valer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsa.le/
Interjection
sale
- (Mexico) ok
Synonyms
Verb
sale
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of salir.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of salir.