- sale
- /seɪl/ noun1. an act of giving an item or doing a service in exchange for money, or for the promise that money will be paid♦ for sale ready to be sold♦ to offer something for sale or to put something up for sale to announce that something is ready to be sold● They put the factory up for sale.● His shop is for sale.● These items are not for sale to the general public.♦ sale as seen a sale with no guarantee of quality● If the equipment is for sale as seen, we shall have no comeback if it breaks down.♦ sale by description a sale on condition that the goods match the description of them given by the seller♦ sale or return a system where the retailer sends goods back if they are not sold, and pays the supplier only for goods sold● We have taken 4,000 items on sale or return.2. an act of selling goods at specially low prices● The shop is having a sale to clear old stock.● The sale price is 50% of the normal price.▪▪▪‘…many on Wall Street are suspicious of the recent sales and production gains posted by American Industry’ [Management Today]▪▪▪‘…the latest car sales for April show a 1.8 per cent dip from last year’s total’ [Investors Chronicle]
Marketing dictionary in english. 2015.