sale

sale
sale
W1S2 [seıl] n
[Date: 1000-1100; : Old Norse; Origin: sala]
1.) [U and C]
when you sell something
sale of
▪ The use and sale of marijuana remains illegal.
▪ Harvey gets a $50 commission every time he makes a sale (=sells something as part of his job) .
▪ Car salesmen will often bring down the price rather than lose a sale (=fail to sell something) .
▪ arms sales to Iran
2.) sales
a) [plural]
the total number of products that are sold during a particular period of time
▪ Britain's retail sales (=all the things sold to the public in shops) jumped 3.2 percent in April.
sales of
▪ Sales of automobiles are up this year.
▪ We did not reach our summer sales targets .
▪ The company no longer releases its sales figures (=how much money it makes or loses from sales) .
in sales
▪ We grossed more than $500,000 in sales last year.
b) [U]
the part of a company that deals with selling products
▪ She found a job in sales.
▪ a sales manager
▪ a worldwide sales force of 1,100
3.) for sale
available to be bought
▪ Excuse me, are these for sale?
▪ There was a 'for sale' sign in the yard.
▪ Reluctantly, they put the family home up for sale (=made it available to be bought) .
4.) on sale
a) available to be bought in a shop
▪ A wide range of postcards and other souvenirs are on sale in the visitors' centre.
▪ Stephen King's new novel will go on sale (=will begin to be sold) next week.
b) especially AmE available to be bought at a lower price than usual
▪ These gloves were on sale for only $9.
5.)
a period of time when shops sell their goods at lower prices than usual
▪ Marsdon's department store is having a sale this week.
the sales
BrE (=when all the shops have a sale)
▪ I picked up some real bargains in the January sales this year.
6.)
an event at which things are sold to the person who offers the highest price
= ↑auction
▪ a sale of 17th century paintings
7.) sales drive/campaign
when a company makes a special effort to try to increase the amount of its products that it sells
▪ We launch a new sales campaign this fall.
8.) sales pitch/talk
the things that someone says when they are trying to persuade you to buy something
9.) (on) sale or return
BrE if a shop buys something on sale or return, it can return the goods that it is unable to sell

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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