| NOUN | act | sale | a particular instance of selling |
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| act | sale | the general activity of selling | |
| act | sale, cut-rate sale, sales event | an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices | |
| state | sale | the state of being purchasable | |
| communication | sale, sales agreement | 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) |
| Sounds | sey'l | |
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| Rhymes | ail ... Yale: 95 rhymes with eyl... | |
| Meaning | A particular instance of selling. | |
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| Narrower | divestiture | The sale by a company of a product line or a subsidiary or a division |
| Broader | selling, merchandising, marketing | The exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money |
| Catalan | venda | |
| Spanish | venta | |
| Meaning | The general activity of selling. | |
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| Narrower | auction, auction sale, vendue | The public sale of something to the highest bidder |
| sell | The activity of persuading someone to buy | |
| Broader | selling, merchandising, marketing | The exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money |
| Meaning | The state of being purchasable; offered or exhibited for selling. | |
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| Broader | merchantability | The state of being fit for market |
| Meaning | 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). | |
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| Example | "the salesman faxed the sales agreement to his home office" | |
| Synonym | sales agreement | |
| Narrower | 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) |
| sheriff's sale, execution sale, judicial sale, forced sale | A sale of property by the sheriff under authority of a court's writ of execution in order satisfy an unpaid obligation | |
| Broader | agreement, understanding | The statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises |
| Catalan | venda | |
| Spanish | venta | |