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Definition sale in British English

sale noun

noun
/seɪl/
1

the process of selling goods or services for money

Example

a prohibition on the sale of arms

Synonyms and related words
aftermarket buyer’s market call
Example

I'm willing to lower the price in order to make a sale.

Synonyms and related words
aftermarket buyer’s market call
Example

The painting sold for more than double its estimated sale price.

Synonyms and related words
aftermarket buyer’s market call
2

an event or period of time during which a shop reduces the prices of some of its goods

Example

the start of the after-Christmas sales

Example

The shop is having a sale on appliances next week.

Synonyms and related words
bring and buy sale clearance sale closeout
3

an event at which people meet to buy and sell things, normally at a place that is not usually used for this purpose

Example

The public library is organizing a second-hand book sale.

Synonyms and related words
bring and buy sale clearance sale closeout
3.1

an event at which things are sold to the person who offers to pay the highest price

Synonyms and related words
bring and buy sale clearance sale closeout
4

the total number of things that a company sells within a particular period of time, or the money that it earns by selling things

Example

We hope to increase sales this year to £50 million.

Example

Do you have the sales figures yet?

Example

Sales are up for the month of May.

Synonyms and related words
aftermarket buyer’s market call
4.1

the activity of trying to sell products or services

Example

I've been in car sales for five years now.

Synonyms and related words
aftermarket buyer’s market call
4.2

the department of a company that sells its products or services

Example

You'll have to check availability with sales.

Synonyms and related words
acquisitions arm back office
Definition sale in British English

Related Words

Words related to sale:

bake sale (noun) bill of sale (noun) boot sale (noun) bring and buy sale (noun) car boot sale (noun) clearance sale (noun) fire sale (noun) for sale (phrase) garage sale (noun) jumble sale (noun) on sale () on sale or return () point of sale (noun) rummage sale (noun) sale (noun) sale and leaseback (noun) sale of work (noun) stock sale agreement (noun) table sale (noun) the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (noun) up for sale (phrase) yard sale (noun)