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Meaning sale meaning

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Definitions in simple English

sale Noun

— A sale is the act of selling something. Proceeds from the sale of the art went to the local school. The sale of guns in Canada is tightly controlled. Travel agents don't make money until they make a sale. The president said the company is not for sale. — Sales is the number or value of things sold. The stronger economy has boosted auto sales by $650 million over last year. Retail sales have fallen for two months in a row. — Sales is the part of a company or industry that tries to get people to buy more. She's now Seattle's director of marketing and sales. I'm not the kind of person who can be successful in sales. — A sale is a time when prices are lower than usual. The computer store is having a sale: 50% off everything. Milk is on sale for a dollar a litre.

sale

— noun a particular instance of selling he has just made his first sale they had to complete the sale before the banks closed — noun the general activity of selling they tried to boost sales laws limit the sale of handguns — noun an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices they held a sale to reduce their inventory I got some great bargains at their annual sale — noun (= sales agreement) 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) the salesman faxed the sales agreement to his home office — noun the state of being purchasable; offered or exhibited for selling you'll find vitamin C for sale at most pharmacies the new line of cars will soon be on sale

Synonyms sale synonyms

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Topics sale topics

What do people use sale to talk about?

Work and occupation Finance Financial transaction Price

Cheap

What words refer to a price that seems low?

cheap low inexpensive great price bargain on sale deal (n)

Examples sale examples

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Simple sentences

His house is for sale.

Tom has put his house up for sale.

Grand opening sale.

The Longs are having a garage sale tomorrow.

The man jumped at our offer of a half-price bargain sale.

The new product is on sale.

You can buy that dog if you want to. It is for sale.

These new cars are on sale.

This isn't for sale.

This book is not for sale.

This article is for sale.

This used car is for sale.

Is this camera for sale?

I bought this T-shirt on sale.

I took advantage of a sale and bought three sweaters.

The house is on sale.

These articles are not for sale.

This house is not for sale.

I bought this TV set at a bargain sale.

I noticed the sale prices were written in red ink.

Movie subtitles

We learnt that this house is for sale.

As night fell, he took the 250,000 francs from the sale and headed home.

You should annul that sale as fast as you can!

My woman has contracted a sale with you.

Occasion: confectionery shop for sale.

In a little while we're gonna hold an auction sale at Cocoanut Manor, the suburb terrible. uh, beautiful.

Sale!

What a beautiful car. is it for sale?

It's a short conveyanc e of the centry and longmeadow. Site sale by miss mullins, the first.

Or snow castles - all for sale l'm the street peddler!

He's not for sale.

I very much regret to have to tell you sir that this painting is no longer for sale.

I'm sorry Mr. Walker, the painting is no longer for sale.

But don't make any sale until I tell you.

His daughter's not for sale!

Furs for sale.

I think you made a mighty good sale there.

I suppose we can begin this sale now, Governor.

Let the sale commence.

My husband isn't for sale.

As soon as the appointment is announced, we'll have a clearance sale.

May I call monsieur's attention to the fact we are featuring a special sale at reduced prices of raincoats, umbrellas, tennis racquets and portable phonographs.

But don't make any sale until I tell you. Right.

Listen, Surrett, those cattle aren't for sale to you at any price.

But I'll wait for the sheriff's sale.

Poet for sale, poet for sale.

Uncle, there's a For Sale sign on the barge.

OPTICIAN'S SHOP A fine optician's shop situated in a provincial town. is immediately for sale.

You were entrusted with more than a mere sale of jewelry.

I don't suppose she's for sale?

If you have a bill of sale, I'll give you a cheque.

Oh, yes, of course, the bill of sale.

Is he for sale?

I'm going as far as the sale-price of this mausoleum will carry me. Away from its rotting walls and decaying memories.

Goodbye and thank you very much. Our first sale!

Why not start a sale in the bed department and drive them out?

News and current affairs

One may ask whether transparency and the requirement that local landholders consent to a sale is enough to protect people living in poverty.

So long as a national government is not running more than a modest deficit, a current-account deficit reflects the private sector's borrowing from abroad (or the sale of previously accumulated foreign assets).

Yet it is not even the highest sale price paid this year.

The difficulty of repossession (where did the borrower park the car?) and sale (the used-car market is still in its infancy) meant that most of these bad loans had to be written off.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, for his part, has proposed lifting the immunity that past prime ministers enjoyed in connection with the sale of peerages.

Meanwhile, Europe's zombie banks will have to be rapidly resolved by acquisition or temporary takeover, cleanup, and asset sale, as was done by the Resolution Trust Corporation during the US savings and loan crisis in the 1980s.

Black Friday in the United States traditionally is the day after Thanksgiving that signals the start of the holiday season sale.

LONDON - The looming bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, and the forced sale of Merrill Lynch, two of the greatest names in finance, mark the end of an era.

And privatizations should aim at higher sale prices to pay off debt that many (privately) agree is unsustainable.

Instead of being viewed as a fire sale to fill fiscal holes, privatization would be part of a grand public-private partnership for development.

Under the pre-OMT regime, a capital outflow from Spain, whether through the sale of government bonds or the liquidation of private claims, resulted in tighter monetary conditions.

The sale of sovereign bonds under the fixed exchange-rate regime put direct upward pressure on their yields, while sales of private securities by foreigners had a similar effect, but through indirect channels.

By law in the US, new approaches superseding established bankruptcy procedures dictate the demise rather than the rescue of failing firms, whether by sale, merger, or liquidation.

Is Regulation Really for Sale?

But, as with today's toxic assets, there was no market, and rapid disinvestment would have triggered fire-sale prices, depressing all asset values in the economy and resulting in more bank failures.

Everything in this new China - where the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) still rules, but the ideas of Karl Marx are as dead as they are in Russia - is for sale, even the trappings of its Maoist past.

One controversial law that did go ahead recently - and that indicates how willing the government is to take tough measures that it believes will maximize overall happiness - is a ban on the sale of tobacco.

According to the Zimbabwean finance minister, Tendai Biti, four years after the military took over the diamond fields, the national treasury has received not one penny of royalties from the sale of Marange diamonds.

In 1999, the Swedish government decriminalized the sale of sex, but made it an offense to pimp or to buy sex.

There is also a suspicion that dirty capitalist pigs want to profit from the sale of opiate substitutes, regardless of whether they work.

The holding company would play an active role readying the assets for sale.

While no one is quite certain how the government managed to estimate prices, given that there is virtually nothing for sale in the shops, most indicators suggest that Zimbabwe does have a good shot at breaking world records for inflation.

After all, what kind of faith allows putting instruments of mass murder on sale in the black market.

Okay, it's a Picasso. Yet it is not even the highest sale price paid this year.

They can improve their bargaining position, both for input purchases and for the sale of their crops.

There are many reasons why this won't happen, the most powerful being the end of Britain's equity boom and the consequent loss of revenue from taxes on the sale of stocks.

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