Sale
Sale , noun
Sale , noun
[Icelandic sala, sal, akin to English sell. See Sell, transitive verb]
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.
3.
Public disposal to the highest bidder, or exposure of goods in market; auction. — Sir W. Temple
Collocations (3)
Bill of sale , See under Bill.
Of sale or On sale or 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. [Obsolete] — Milton