SALE


Meaning of SALE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ seɪl ]

( sales)

Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.

1.

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...

N-SING : usu with supp

2.

The sales of a product are the quantity of it that is sold.

The newspaper has sales of 1.72 million.

...retail sales figures.

N-PLURAL

3.

The part of a company that deals with sales deals with selling the company’s products.

Until 1983 he worked in sales and marketing...

N-PLURAL

4.

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...

N-COUNT

5.

A sale is an event when goods are sold to the person who offers the highest price.

The painting was bought by dealers at the Christie’s sale.

= auction

N-COUNT

6.

see also car boot sale , jumble sale

7.

If something is for sale , it is being offered to people to buy.

His former home is for sale at £495,000...

PHRASE

8.

Products that are on sale can be bought in shops. ( mainly BRIT )

English textbooks and dictionaries are on sale everywhere...

PHRASE

9.

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.

PHRASE

10.

If a property or company is up for sale , its owner is trying to sell it.

The castle has been put up for sale.

PHRASE

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