sale

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[edit] English

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From Middle English, from Old English, from Old Norse sala (“sale”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“to grap”).

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sale (plural sales)

  1. An exchange of goods or services for currency or credit.
    He celebrated after the sale of company.
  2. A particular opportunity for a sale.
  3. The sale of goods at reduced prices.
    They are having a clearance sale: 50% off.
  4. The act of putting up for auction to the highest bidder.

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terms derived from sale (noun)

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exchange of goods or services for currency or credit
particular opportunity for a sale
    sales   see also plural form for activities involved in selling goods or services
sale of goods at reduced prices
act of putting up for auction to the highest bidder
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From Middle French, from Old French sale (“dull, dirty”), from Old Frankish *salo (“dull, dirty grey”), from Proto-Germanic *salwaz (“dusky, dark, muddy”), from Proto-Indo-European *salw-, *sal- (“dirt, dirty”). Cognate with Old High German salo (“dull, dirty grey”), Old English salu (“dark, dusky”), Old Norse sǫlr (“yellowish”). More at sallow.

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sale (epicene, plural sales)

  1. dirty
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From saler

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sale

  1. first-person singular present indicative of saler
  2. third-person singular present indicative of saler
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of saler
  4. first-person singular present subjunctive of saler
  5. second-person singular imperative of saler

[edit] Italian

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  • IPA: /ˈsale/, [ˈsaː.le], SAMPA: /"sale/
  • Hyphenation: sà‧le

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From Latin sal (“salt”)

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sale m. (plural sali)

  1. salt, sal
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sale f.

  1. Plural form of sala.

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sale

  1. third-person singular indicative present tense of salire

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sale

  1. ablative singular of sāl

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sale

  1. To saddle (attach a saddle to the horse)

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sale f. (oblique plural sales, nominative singular sale, nominative plural sales)

  1. room (subsection of a building)
    circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
    […] que la soe amie
    Est la plus bele de la sale[.]
    - […] The his wife
    Is the most beautiful in the room

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  • IPA: /ˈsa.le/

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sale (infinitive salir)

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of salir.
  2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of salir.

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sale

  1. (Mexico) ok (sale is part of a former rhyme phrase, sale y vale; literally, "that runs and worths")

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sale f.

  1. salt (sodium chloride, non-chemical usage)

sale m. (plural sali)

  1. (chemistry) salt
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