English Explanatory Dictionary

sale

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An exchange of goods or services for currency or credit.
  2. Ellipsis of discount sale (“the sale of goods at reduced prices”).
  3. The act of putting up for auction to the highest bidder.
noun
  1. A hall.
name
  1. A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, historically in Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ9892).
  2. A town in the Shire of Wellington, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, named after Robert Sale.
  3. A surname.

Pronunciation

sāl /seːl/ /seɪl/ en-us-sale.ogg

Word forms

sale sales

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”).

Synonyms

sale vend vent

Antonyms

purchase

Related words

purchase sell East Sale

Derived words

aftersale bake sale bargain and sale bill of sale blowout sale boot sale bring-and-buy sale car boot sale Cinderella sale conquest sale contract of sale crowdsale days sales outstanding distressed sale distress sale drive sale e-sales estate sale fire sale fire-sale first sale doctrine first-sale doctrine flash sale forced sale for sale garage sale goods and sales tax gross sales intersale in the sales jumble sale net sales nonsale off-sale on sale oversale plate sale point of sale portsale postsale presale raffle sale resale roup sale rummage sale saleability saleable sale and leaseback salegoer sale-goer sale journal sale-leaseback saleless sale of work sale on approval sale or return sale price sale-proof saleroom sales advisor
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