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sale

noun

ˈsāl How to pronounce sale (audio)
Definition of salenext
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 That international audience underpinned her strategy to support Canadian producers turning homegrown series into global sales. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026 Average fees have fallen by a third since 2023, while player sales hit a record $105 million. — Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2026 Marketing, sales, customer support and e-commerce teams often have to work across multiple systems. — Salman Shahid, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026 Financing is from the National Bank of Canada and global sales are bing handled by Embankment. — Alex Ritman, Variety, 8 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sale
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sale
  1. transaction
  2. deal
  3. auction
  4. purchase
  5. bargain
Noun
  • When an agentic workflow can apply recognition logic, flag edge cases and reconcile transactions in real time, the question isn’t whether to automate the handoff.
    — Hemant Kapadia, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • But the underlying transactions, especially the possibility that money was transferred through illicit means, could invite a host of criminal-law ramifications, including fraud, conspiracy and money laundering.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of transaction
Noun
  • Financial details are not been disclosed but sources describe it as a rich deal, with the streamer buying the short story for $1M+ in addition to a script commitment to the adaptation, penned by Binge.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Those deals include research, development, qualification work and production contracts.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of deal
Noun
  • That card still holds the record for a sports card sale at public auction.
    — Benjamin Burrows, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Tickets were sold for $165 apiece, and an online auction also helped support fundraising efforts.
    — Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of auction
Noun
  • Within months, cost per purchase fell by more than half while spend more than doubled.
    — Richard McSweeney, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026
  • But the purchase of the 49 buses are is dependent on permission from the Air Resources Board.
    — Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of purchase
Noun
  • But the impact on their salary structure could be massive, and GM Pat Verbeek has taken a ton of criticism for his hard-bargain ways.
    — Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • These types of tasks are precisely what AI does best—and the bill for that bargain has now arrived.
    — Hammad Ali Nasir, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of bargain

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“Sale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sale. Accessed 16 Sep. 2026.

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