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Sale
//seːl// name, noun
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 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.
Noun
- 1 An exchange of goods or services for currency or credit. countable, uncountable
"He celebrated after the sale of company."
- 2 A hall. obsolete
- 3 a particular instance of selling wordnet
- 4 Ellipsis of discount sale (“the sale of goods at reduced prices”). abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
"They are having a clearance sale: 50% off."
- 5 the general activity of selling wordnet
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- 6 The act of putting up for auction to the highest bidder. countable, uncountable
- 7 an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices wordnet
- 8 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) wordnet
- 9 the state of being purchasable; offered or exhibited for selling wordnet
Etymology
Etymology 1
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”).
Etymology 2
From Middle English sale, sal, from Old English sæl (“room, hall, castle”), from Proto-Germanic *salą (“house, hall”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“home, dwelling, village”). Cognate with West Frisian seal, Dutch zaal, German Saal, Swedish sal, Icelandic salur, Lithuanian sala (“village”). Doublet of sala and salle. Related also to salon, saloon.
Etymology 3
From Old English sealh (“willow tree”).
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