SALE

n. 1 selling, traffic, vending, marketing, trafficking, trading; trade, exchange, transaction The sale of alcoholic beverages on Sundays is prohibited Provide a receipt for each sale. 2 trade, purchase; trading, buying, purchasing We must do something to boost sales The house is very reasonably priced for a quick sale. 3 sales event, mark-down, white sale, jumble sale, Brit car-boot sale, US rummage sale, garage sale, tag sale, yard sale, Colloq sellathon, sales marathon We are having a sale to clear out things we no longer want or need 4 transaction She hasn't made a sale in a week 5 on sale. US marked down, cut-price, bargain-priced; reduced (in price) Bacon is on sale this week at half price 6 (up) for sale. on the market, available, in stock, Chiefly Brit on sale, on offer, US on the block Their house is for sale to the highest bidder