sale

Noun
  1. A particular instance of selling (synset 101116934)
    "he has just made his first sale"; "they had to complete the sale before the banks closed"
    is a type of: marketing, merchandising, selling - the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money
    subtypes: divestiture - the sale by a company of a product line or a subsidiary or a division
  2. The general activity of selling (synset 101119862)
    "they tried to boost sales"; "laws limit the sale of handguns"
    is a type of: marketing, merchandising, selling - the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money
    subtypes:
  3. An occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices (synset 101120044)
    "they held a sale to reduce their inventory"; "I got some great bargains at their annual sale"
    is a type of: occasion - an opportunity to do something
    subtypes:
    • bazaar, fair - a sale of miscellany; often for charity
    • boot sale, car boot sale - an outdoor sale at which people sell things from the trunk of their car
    • clearance sale, inventory-clearance sale - a sale to reduce inventory
    • closeout - a sale intended to dispose of all remaining stock
    • fire sale - a sale of merchandise supposedly damaged by fire
    • fire sale - a sale of assets at very low prices typically when the seller faces bankruptcy
    • garage sale, yard sale - an outdoor sale of used personal or household items held on the seller's premises
    • going-out-of-business sale - a sale of all the tangible assets of a business that is about to close
    • realisation, realization - a sale in order to obtain money (as a sale of stock or a sale of the estate of a bankrupt person) or the money so obtained
    • jumble sale, rummage sale - a sale of donated articles
    • selloff - a sale of a relatively large number of assets (stocks or bonds or commodities) at a low price typically done to dispose of them rather than as normal trade
    • white sale - a sale of household linens
    same as: cut-rate sale, sales event
  4. The state of being purchasable;
    Offered or exhibited for selling (synset 114587887)
    "you'll find vitamin C for sale at most pharmacies"; "the new line of cars will soon be on sale"
    is a type of: merchantability - the state of being fit for market; ready to be bought or sold
  5. An agreement (or contract) in which property is transferred from the seller (vendor) to the buyer (vendee) for a fixed price in money (paid or agreed to be paid by the buyer) (synset 106539842)
    "the salesman faxed the sales agreement to his home office"
    is a type of: agreement, understanding - the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises
    subtypes:
    • conditional sale - a sale in which the buyer receives title to the property only upon the performance of some condition (usually the full payment of the purchase price)
    • execution sale, forced sale, judicial sale, sheriff's sale - a sale of property by the sheriff under authority of a court's writ of execution in order satisfy an unpaid obligation
    same as: sales agreement

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