sale

nounnouncommon in dialogue

//seːl//
//seɪl//

An exchange of goods or services for currency or credit.

noun

1
An exchange of goods or services for currency or credit.
He celebrated after the sale of company.
2
The act of putting up for auction to the highest bidder.
3
Variant of discount saleEllipsis of discount sale (“the sale of goods at reduced prices”).
They are having a clearance sale: 50% off.

Etymology

From Middle English sale, from Old English sala (“act of selling, sale”), from Old Norse sala (“sale”), from Proto-Germanic *salō (“delivery”), from Proto-Indo-European *selh₁- (“to grab”).

noun

1
obsoleteA hall.

Etymology

From Middle English sale, sal, from Old English sæl (“room, hall, castle”), from Proto-Germanic *salą (“house, hall”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“home, dwelling, village”). Cognate with West Frisian seal, Dutch zaal, German Saal, Swedish sal, Icelandic salur, Lithuanian sala (“village”). Doublet of sala and salle. Related also to salon, saloon.

Forms

plural: sales

Salami · A surname.salary · A fixed amount of money paid to a worker, usually calculated…Salazar · A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].

sale · An exchange of goods or services for currency or credit.

Sale · A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater…Salem · The biblical place ruled by Melchizedek; mostly identified…sales · The activities involved in selling goods or services.

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