as in transaction
the transfer of ownership of something from one person to another for a price
my neighbor tried to make a sale, but no one was interested in buying his old car they made enough profit from the sale of the house for a down payment on the new one
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Recent Examples of sale
The Marvel pic is contributing to the continuing boom in moviegoing currently underway at the box office, with ticket sales for the weekend up 95 percent over least year when Marvel sat on the sidelines and The Fall Guy kicked off summer to disappointing results.
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Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 4 May 2025
Airbnb's first-quarter results met forecasts but the vacation home rental platform sees the next quarter's sales below Street views.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 3 May 2025
Keep your passport close to your chest—literally—with the Venture 4th neck wallet, on sale for $18.
—Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 25 Apr. 2025
Things went from bad to worse under new leadership, which oversaw sliding sales, market share and finances.
—Mark Phelan, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
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Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 4 May 2025
Airbnb's first-quarter results met forecasts but the vacation home rental platform sees the next quarter's sales below Street views.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 3 May 2025
Keep your passport close to your chest—literally—with the Venture 4th neck wallet, on sale for $18.
—Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 25 Apr. 2025
Things went from bad to worse under new leadership, which oversaw sliding sales, market share and finances.
—Mark Phelan, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sale
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That mindset took center stage in April, when FIS announced a $24.25 billion deal to sell Worldpay to Global Payments—marking one of the biggest fintech transactions of the year.—
Nicole Casperson,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
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The transactions are anticipated to close in the first half of 2025.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
8 May 2025
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The episode allowed the Emmy-winning Max series to finally pay homage to the world’s biggest comedy fest, which for decades was a talent incubator and industry summer camp where deals were struck and comics like Kevin Hart, Amy Schumer and Quinta Brunson were discovered.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
5 May 2025
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That’s because the Treasury secretary keeps saying, there's going to be deals, there's going to be deals.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 May 2025
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The example crossing the auction block through Bonhams, chassis No. 001, was driven by Jenson Button’s teammate, Rubens Barrichello.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
2 May 2025
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Cannes Packages Nearly that time again: Away from the small screen, the movie packages are starting to roll in for this year’s Cannes Market, and there’s some heat on the auction blocks.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
2 May 2025
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Still, Trump expressed confidence that the U.K. would expand its purchases of U.S. goods.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 May 2025
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And roughly 95% of buyers younger than 44 used a mortgage for their purchase, while 40-50% of those older than 60 were able to use cash.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA Today,
8 May 2025
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For all of the talk about the role players, the top of the lineup, the core on which this team is built, hasn’t held up its end of the bargain.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
30 Apr. 2025
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Thanks to the team that helped, would recommend to anyone looking for a bargain Apr 27, 2025 PS Panagiotis Skordas Verified Buyer Worked like a charm!—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Sale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sale. Accessed 14 May. 2025.
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