Synonyms and antonyms of Describing ways of buying and selling in American Thesaurus

at cost ()

if you sell something at cost, you sell it for the same amount that you spent when you made it or bought it

bogof (noun)

buy one get one free: the practice of giving customers an extra product free each time they buy one product

down (adjective)

used for saying that you pay an amount of money immediately when you buy something and will pay the rest later

first refusal (noun)

the opportunity to buy something before it is offered to anyone else

freemium (noun)

a method of selling in which the basic product is free, but customers pay for extra features

mail order (noun)

a way of buying goods in which you order them by mail, telephone, or the Internet and they are mailed to you

off the shelf ()

available to buy without being ordered or designed for a particular customer

on approval ()

if you buy something on approval, you can send it back within a particular time if you are not satisfied with it

open market (noun)

a situation in which people can buy and sell things at a price that they agree on because there are no official rules about prices

retail (adjective)

relating to the sale of goods directly to the public for their own use

sight unseen ()

if you buy or accept something sight unseen, you do not see it first

wave and pay (noun)

a system of paying for small purchases by moving a credit card or mobile device in front of a special machine which automatically reads the information

wholesale (adjective)

business relating to the business of selling large quantities of goods, especially to people who are going to sell them in a store

wholesale (adverb)

business if you sell goods wholesale, you sell them in large quantities, especially to people who are going to sell them in a store