sale Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a particular instance of selling
    • he has just made his first sale
    • they had to complete the sale before the banks closed
  2. noun the general activity of selling
    • they tried to boost sales
    • laws limit the sale of handguns
  3. noun an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices
    cut-rate sale; sales event.
    • they held a sale to reduce their inventory
    • I got some great bargains at their annual sale
  4. noun the state of being purchasable; offered or exhibited for selling
    • you'll find vitamin C for sale at most pharmacies
    • the new line of cars will soon be on sale
  5. noun 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)
    sales agreement.
    • the salesman faxed the sales agreement to his home office

WordNet

Sale noun
Definitions
  1. See 1st Sallow. Obs. Spenser.
Sale noun
Etymology
Icel. sala, sal, akin to E.sell. See Sell, v. t.
Definitions
  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. Milton.

Webster 1913