sale

Noun

• 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)
  • the salesman faxed the sales agreement to his home office
    

• the state of being purchasable; offered or exhibited for selling
  • you'll find vitamin C for sale at most pharmacies
    
  • the new line of cars will soon be on sale
    

• an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices
  • they held a sale to reduce their inventory
    
  • I got some great bargains at their annual sale
    

• the general activity of selling
  • they tried to boost sales
    
  • laws limit the sale of handguns
    

• a particular instance of selling
  • he has just made his first sale
    
  • they had to complete the sale before the banks closed
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  sales agreement , cut-rate sale , sales event