Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sale"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sale \Sale\, n.
See 1st {Sallow}. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sale \Sale\, n. [Icel. sala, sal, akin to E. sell. See {Sell},
v. t.]
1. 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.
2. Opportunity of selling; demand; market.
They shall have ready sale for them. --Spenser.
3. Public disposal to the highest bidder, or exposure of
goods in market; auction. --Sir W. Temple.
{Bill of sale}. See under {Bill}.
{Of sale}, {On sale}, {For sale}, to be bought or sold;
offered to purchasers; in the market.
{To set to sale}, to offer for sale; to put up for purchase;
to make merchandise of. [Obs.] --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sale
n 1: the general activity of selling; "they tried to boost
sales"; "laws limit the sale of handguns"
2: a particular instance of selling; "he has just made his
first sale"; "they had to complete the sale before the
banks closed"
3: the state of being purchasable; offered or exhibited for
selling; "vitamin C is on sale at most pharmacies"; "the
new line of cars will soon be on sale"
4: 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" [syn: {cut-rate
sale}, {sales event}]
5: 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" [syn: {sales agreement}]
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