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(sāl) pronunciation
n.
  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.]



In British English for sale and on sale both mean 'available to buy'. In American English for sale has this meaning and on sale means 'on offer at a discounted price'. This difference is found occasionally in Britain as well.

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sale, in law, transfer of ownership in return for money. An exchange of goods for goods is termed barter, but the distinction between sale and barter is mainly technical; laws that govern one govern the other equally. Sale and barter are distinguished from the giving of a gift, which involves no valuable consideration. Laws governing sales distinguish fundamentally between sales of real property and sales of personal property. If nothing is said to the contrary, the law of sales is understood to be the law of sales of personal property, sales of real property being governed by real-estate law. Delivery of goods sold passes title to the goods, even though full payment has not been made; the seller may sue for the amount due him, but cannot recover the goods. A contract may provide, however, that the goods, though delivered, remain the property of the seller until full payment for them has been made. By a contract, one may purchase goods not yet in existence, e.g., the crop that a farmer will grow in his field. Sales are governed by the Uniform Commercial Code in all U.S. jurisdictions, except Louisiana.


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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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For a list of words related to sale, see:
  • Commerce and Trade - sale: exchange of goods or services for agreed sum of money; special offering of goods at reduced prices
  • Advertising - sale: offering of retail goods at reduced prices to induce increased consumption


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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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