sale
sale is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.The act of selling; the transfer of property, or a contract to transfer the ownership of property, from one person to another for a valuable consideration, or for a price in money.
- 2.Opportunity of selling; demand; market. They shall have ready sale for them. Spenser.
- 3.Public disposal to the highest bidder, or exposure of goods in market; auction. Sir W. Temple. Bill of sale. See under Bill. -- Of sale, On sale, For sale, to be bought or sold; offered to purchasers; in the market. -- To set to sale, to offer for sale; to put up for purchase; to make merchandise of. [Obs.] Milton.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abalienate
- abalienation
- abate
- abatement
- about
- acquire
- agio
- alien
- alienable
- alienate
- alienation
- allow
- allowance
- and
- another
- assign
- assignment
- auction
- auctioneer
- backwardation
- bargain
- barter
- bate
- below
- bid
- bribe
- bring
- business
- candidate
- candidature
- change
- chose
- come
- coming
- concession
- confer
- consign
- contango
- convey
- conveyance
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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