Dictionary:

sale

  (sāl)

1. The exchange of goods or services for an amount of money or its equivalent; the act of selling.
2. An instance of selling.
3. An opportunity for selling or being sold; demand.
4. Availability for purchase: a store where pets are for sale.
5. A selling of property to the highest bidder; an auction.
6. A special disposal of goods at lowered prices: coats on sale this week.
7. sales
   1. Activities involved in selling goods or services.
   2. Gross receipts.

[Middle English, from Old English sala, from Old Norse.]

[sah-leh] Italian for "salt".

Quotes:

"In selling as in medicine, prescription before diagnosis is malpractice." - Tony Alesandra

"Buying is a profound pleasure." - Simone De Beauvoir

"Sell cheap and tell the truth." - Rose Blumkin

"In fast-moving, progress-conscious America, the consumer expects to be dizzied by progress. If he could completely understand advertising jargon he would be badly disappointed. The half-intelligibility which we expect, or even hope, to find in the latest product language personally reassures each of us that progress is being made: that the pace exceeds our ability to follow." - Daniel J. Boorstin

"The sale begins when the customer says yes." - Harvey Mackay

"A commodity appears at first sight an extremely obvious, trivial thing. But its analysis brings out that it is a very strange thing, abounding in metaphysical subtleties and theological niceties." - Karl Marx

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - salg, udsalg, auktion, afsætning, marked

idioms:

• for sale    til salg
• on sale    til salg, på markedet
• sale or return    med returret
• up for sale    til salg, stillet til auktion

Nederlands (Dutch)
verkoop, koopjes, uitverkoop, veiling

Français (French)
n. - vente, solde, les soldes

idioms:

• for sale    à vendre, (mettre qch) en vente
• on sale    (GB) (être) mis en vente, (GB) en vente, (US) en solde, (US) solder qch
• sale or return    en vente avec reprise des invendus
• up for sale    (GB) (mettre qch) en vente

Deutsch (German)
n. - Verkauf, Ausverkauf

idioms:

• for sale    im Handel
• on sale    im Handel
• sale or return    Kommission
• up for sale    zum Verkauf angeboten

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πώληση, πούλημα, ξεπούλημα, εκπτώσεις, (πληθ.) πραγματοποιηθείσες πωλήσεις

idioms:

• for sale    προς πώληση
• on sale    προς πώληση
• sale or return    με δικαίωμα επιστροφής
• up for sale    προς πώληση

Italiano (Italian)
vendita, saldi

idioms:

• for sale    in vendita
• on sale    in vendita
• sale or return    acquisto con diritto al rimborso
• up for sale    in vendita

Português (Portuguese)
n. - venda (f), hasta pública (f)

idioms:

• for sale    à venda
• on sale    em liquidação
• sale or return    venda ou devolução
• up for sale    colocado à venda

Русский (Russian)
продажа, сбыт, продажа с аукциона, распродажа по сниженным ценам

idioms:

• for sale    (товары) поступившие в продажу, "продается" (объявление)
• on sale    продающиеся по сниженным ценам
• sale or return    непродавшийся товар может быть возвращен
• up for sale    продающийся с молотка

Español (Spanish)
n. - venta, liquidación, rebajas, saldo

idioms:

• for sale    en venta
• on sale    en venta
• sale or return    venta o devolución
• up for sale    ofrecer en venta

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - försäljning, avsättning, rea, auktion

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
卖, 出售, 营业, 销售业务, 推销

idioms:

• for sale    出售
• on sale    有售的, 廉售中, 拍卖中
• sale or return    剩货包退的, 包退包换的
• up for sale    出售, 拍卖

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 賣, 出售, 營業, 銷售業務, 推銷

idioms:

• for sale    出售
• on sale    有售的, 廉售中, 拍賣中
• sale or return    剩貨包退的, 包退包換的
• up for sale    出售, 拍賣

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 판매, 매상, 경매

idioms:

• up for sale    팔려고 내놓다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 販売, 販売業務, 売れ行き, 需要, 特売, 売り上げ高, 競売

idioms:

• bring-and-buy sale    持ち寄り売買バザー
• for sale    売り物として
• on sale    売りに出て, 特価で
• sale or return    委託販売
• up for sale    売りに出す

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) بيع بأسعار مخفضه, بيع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מכירה, מכירה פומבית, מכירה כללית‬

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