Sale
[seɪl] or [sel]
Definition
(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.) 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'.
Inputed by Augustine--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) See 1st Sallow.
(v. t.) The act of selling; the transfer of property, or a contract to transfer the ownership of property, from one person to another for a valuable consideration, or for a price in money.
(v. t.) Opportunity of selling; demand; market.
(v. t.) Public disposal to the highest bidder, or exposure of goods in market; auction.
Editor: Terence
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Demand, market, vent, opportunity to sell.
Edited by Arnold
Definition
n. (Spens.) a kind of basket-like net made of sallows or willows.
n. act of selling: the exchange of anything for money: power or opportunity of selling: demand: public showing of goods to sell: auction.—adj. Sale′able that may be sold: in good demand.—n. Sale′ableness.—adv. Sale′ably.—ns. Sale′room an auction-room; Sales′man a man who sells goods:—fem. Sales′woman.—adj. Sale′-tongued mercenary.—n.pl. Sale′wares merchandise.—n. Sale′work work or things made for sale or merely for sale: work carelessly done.—Forced sale a sale compelled by a creditor; Terms of sale the conditions imposed on a purchaser.
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Examples
- Notwithstanding the establishment of a regular routine of manufacture and sale, Edison did not cease to experiment for improvement. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- We are going to send our butler to the sale to-morrow, to pick up some of that sixty-four. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I knew that if the same excitement was attained at the various small towns along the road, and especially at Port Huron, the sale of papers would be great. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He was at Larcher's sale, but I knew nothing of him then--he slipped through my fingers--was after Bulstrode, no doubt. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- If nothing else could be done I would load a cord of wood on a wagon and take it to the city for sale. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The company was soon swamped with propositions for sale of territorial rights and with other negotiations, and some of these were accompanied by the offer of very large sums of money. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The public and shameless sale of beautiful mulatto and quadroon girls has acquired a notoriety, from the incidents following the capture of the Pearl. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- In addition, the sale of printed calicoes was forbidden. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- He also advised me to put my former name of Harriette Wilson to the work, which he doubted not would the better ensure its sale. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He himself stayed in London, believing there were better chances for the sale of his machine there than in America. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Bought him at a sale,' said Mr Boffin. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I saw my mother put up at sheriff's sale, with her seven children. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Two or three great bankruptcies in a mercantile town, will bring many houses to sale, which must be sold for what can be got for them. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Mr. Dreyer asked Goebel to produce an old lamp, and was especially anxious to find one pending his negotiations with the Edison Company for the sale of Goebel's inventions. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The sensitive plates are left to dry in dark rooms, and when the coating has become absolutely firm and dry, the plates are packed in boxes and sent forth for sale. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- In the early days of the sewing machine its sales were chiefly for family use, but this is now no longer the case. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- And the crowd roared; and this broke up the sales. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The productions of the General Electric Company alone average annual sales of nearly $75,000,000, but they do not comprise the total of the country's manufactures in these lines. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- There was often plenty of work for both in the early days of the war, when the news of battle caused intense excitement and large sales of papers. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Sales of one lot Circassians, prime to good, 1852 to 1854, at L240 . 242, buyer 30; one forty-niner--damaged--at L23, seller ten, no deposit. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It is used principally by salesmen in keeping a record of their sales, as three copies can be taken simultaneously with one writing. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- I daresay they might get a peep at that sales book if they wanted to. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Anna was very much pleased by the sales, and told her husband so at supper that evening. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Oh, I daresay by consulting our sales book we could very easily tell you. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Then, because he was dissatisfied with it, he stopped the sales and commenced a new line of investigation, which has recently culminated successfully. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- At the present time the annual sales of the business phonographs and supplies, cylinders, etc. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I still sold them for forty cents, and lost more money that year than any other, because the sales were increasing rapidly. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The exhibition and the sales are private now. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The principle of _cheap editions and large sales_ soon extended to established works of a higher value. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- In spite of the sales I have lost money today, said he. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
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