sale

Meaning

1. An exchange of goods or services for currency or credit.
2. The sale of goods at reduced prices.
3. The act of putting up for auction to the highest bidder.

Concepts

sale

selling

sell

demand

disposal

commerce

trade

sales

bargain

business

cut-rate sale

sales event

marketing

for sale

purchase

fair

sales agreement

market

present sale

on sale

vendition

distribution

buy

alarm

apathy

consternation

deduction

dejection

depression

dismay

exhaustion

fatigue

gloom

grief

indolence

lifelessness

melancholia

melancholy

sadness

sorrow

subtraction

weakness

weariness

special price

ballast

lading

disposal by sale

launch

offering for sale

release

disposal of goods

economics

bargain sale

clearance sale

converting to cash

bargain-sale

close-out

riot

auction

gross receipts

realization

sell off

special sale

chance

occasion

opportunity

scope

cheapen

discount sale

deal

shop

store

retail

selloff

turnover

vending

in stock

cost

clearance

placement

commission

consignment

biz

business enterprise

commercialism

trading

traffic

abbroachement

resale

barter

saloon

Pronounced as (IPA)

/seɪl/

Etymology

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 *selh₁- (“to grab”).