sale : Idioms & Phrases

• noun the public sale of something to the highest bidder
  auction; vendue.
  

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• (Law), a species of conveyance, by which the bargainor contracts to convey the lands to the bargainee, and becomes by such contract a trustee for and seized to the use of the bargainee. The statute then completes the purchase; i.e., the bargain vests the use, and the statute vests the possession. Blackstone.

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• noun a deed transferring personal property
  

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• a formal instrument for the conveyance or transfer of goods and chattels.

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• noun an outdoor sale at which people sell things from the trunk of their car
  boot sale.
  

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• noun an outdoor sale at which people sell things from the trunk of their car
  boot sale.
  

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• sales made for ready, money, in distinction from those on which credit is given; stocks sold, to be delivered on the day of transaction.

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• noun a sale to reduce inventory
  clearance sale.
  

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• noun a security interest taken by the seller in return for credit
  
• noun a sale in which the buyer receives title to the property only upon the performance of some condition (usually the full payment of the purchase price)
  

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• the terms on which it is proposed to sell property by auction; also, the instrument containing or expressing these terms.

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• noun an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices
  cut-rate sale; sale.
  
  • they held a sale to reduce their inventory
  • I got some great bargains at their annual sale

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• noun a sale of property by the sheriff under authority of a court's writ of execution in order satisfy an unpaid obligation
  judicial sale; forced sale; execution sale.
  

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• noun a sale of assets at very low prices typically when the seller faces bankruptcy
  
• noun a sale of merchandise supposedly damaged by fire
  

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• adjective satellite available for purchase
  purchasable.
  
  • purchasable goods
  • many houses in the area are for sale

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• noun a sale of property by the sheriff under authority of a court's writ of execution in order satisfy an unpaid obligation
  judicial sale; forced sale; execution sale.
  

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• noun an outdoor sale of used personal or household items held on the seller's premises
  garage sale.
  

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• noun a sale of all the tangible assets of a business that is about to close
  
  • during the Great Depression going-out-of-business sales were very common

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• noun income (at invoice values) received for goods and services over some given period of time
  gross revenue; sales.
  

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• noun a sale to reduce inventory
  clearance sale.
  

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• noun a sale of property by the sheriff under authority of a court's writ of execution in order satisfy an unpaid obligation
  judicial sale; forced sale; execution sale.
  

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• noun a sale of donated articles
  jumble sale.
  

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• noun gross sales reduced by customer discounts, returns, freight out, and allowances
  

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• to be bought or sold; offered to purchasers; in the market.

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• adjective of or relating to or being the location where something is purchased
  

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• (Stock Exchange), sales of stock deliverable on the day after the transaction.

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• noun a sale of donated articles
  jumble sale.
  

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• a clearance sale of unclaimed goods in a public store, or of odds and ends which have accumulated in a shop.

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• noun a sale of a tract of land as a whole without a warranty as to the acreage
  contract of hazard.
  

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• 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)
  sale.
  
  • the salesman faxed the sales agreement to his home office

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• noun a booth where articles are displayed for sale
  stall; stand.
  

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• noun an advertising campaign intended to promote sales
  

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• noun someone who demonstrates an article to a prospective buyer
  demonstrator.
  

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• noun the division of a business that is responsible for selling products or services
  sales division; sales department.
  

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• noun the division of a business that is responsible for selling products or services
  sales division; sales department.
  

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• noun an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices
  cut-rate sale; sale.
  
  • they held a sale to reduce their inventory
  • I got some great bargains at their annual sale

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• noun a finance company that buys (at a discount) the installment sales contracts of retail merchants
  

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• noun the division of a business that is responsible for selling products or services
  sales division; sales department.
  

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• noun remuneration offered to a salesperson for exceeding some predetermined sales goal
  

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• noun a place of business for retailing goods
  mercantile establishment; outlet; retail store.
  

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• noun promotion by means of an argument and demonstration
  sales pitch; pitch.
  

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• noun promotion that supplements or coordinates advertising
  

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• noun a person employed to represent a business and to sell its merchandise (as to customers in a store or to customers who are visited)
  sales rep; salesperson.
  

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• noun a person employed to represent a business and to sell its merchandise (as to customers in a store or to customers who are visited)
  sales rep; salesperson.
  

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• noun resistance by potential customers to aggressive selling practices
  

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• noun those in a business who are responsible for sales
  

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• noun promotion by means of an argument and demonstration
  sales pitch; pitch.
  

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• noun a tax based on the cost of the item purchased and collected directly from the buyer
  nuisance tax.
  

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• noun a sale of property by the sheriff under authority of a court's writ of execution in order satisfy an unpaid obligation
  judicial sale; forced sale; execution sale.
  

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• noun sale of securities or commodity futures not owned by the seller (who hopes to buy them back later at a lower price)
  short selling.
  

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• to offer for sale; to put up for purchase; to make merchandise of. Obs.

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• an auction by and for the trade, especially that of the booksellers.

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• noun a sale of household linens
  

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• noun an outdoor sale of used personal or household items held on the seller's premises
  garage sale.
  

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