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Sale
1/ seɪl /
noun
- a town in NW England, in Trafford unitary authority, Greater Manchester: a residential suburb of Manchester. Pop: 55 234 (2001)
- a city in SE Australia, in SE Victoria: centre of an agricultural region. Pop: 12 854 (2001)
Salé
2/ sale /
noun
- a port in NW Morocco, on the Atlantic adjoining Rabat. Pop: 880 000 (2003)
sale
3/ seɪl /
noun
- the exchange of goods, property, or services for an agreed sum of money or credit
- the amount sold
- the opportunity to sell; market
there was no sale for luxuries
- the rate of selling or being sold
a slow sale of synthetic fabrics
- an event at which goods are sold at reduced prices, usually to clear old stocks
- ( as modifier )
sale bargains
- an auction
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Other Words From
- inter·sale noun
- non·sale noun
- subsale noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sale1
Old English sala, from Old Norse sala. See also sell
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Idioms and Phrases
Idioms
- for sale, offered to be sold; made available to purchasers.
- on sale, able to be bought at reduced prices.
More idioms and phrases containing sale
see close the sale ; on sale ; white sale .Discover More
Example Sentences
Salé Taylor took the canoe and a strong Samoan to paddle him.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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