(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
The ~ of goods is the act of selling them for money.
Efforts were made to limit the ~ of alcohol.
...a proposed arms ~ to Saudi Arabia...
N-SING: usu with supp
2.
The ~s of a product are the quantity of it that is sold.
The newspaper has ~s of 1.72 million.
...retail ~s figures.
N-PLURAL
3.
The part of a company that deals with ~s deals with selling the company’s products.
Until 1983 he worked in ~s and marketing...
N-PLURAL
4.
A ~ is an occasion when a shop sells things at less than their normal price.
...a pair of jeans bought half-price in a ~...
N-COUNT
5.
A ~ 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 ~.
= auction
N-COUNT
6.
see also car boot ~ , jumble ~
7.
If something is for ~, it is being offered to people to buy.
His former home is for ~ at ?495,000...
PHRASE
8.
Products that are on ~ can be bought in shops. (mainly BRIT)
English textbooks and dictionaries are on ~ everywhere...
PHRASE
9.
If products in a shop are on ~, they can be bought for less than their normal price. (AM)
He bought a sports jacket on ~ at Gowings Men’s Store.
PHRASE
10.
If a property or company is up for ~, its owner is trying to sell it.
The castle has been put up for ~.
PHRASE