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Webster 1913 Edition


Sale

Sale

,
Noun.
See 1st
Sallow
.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

Sale

,
Noun.
[Icel.
sala
,
sal
, akin to E.
sell
. See
Sell
,
Verb.
T.
]
1.
The act of selling; the transfer of property, or a contract to transfer the ownership of property, from one person to another for a valuable consideration, or for a price in money.
2.
Opportunity of selling; demand; market.
They shall have ready
sale
for them.
Spenser.
3.
Public disposal to the highest bidder, or exposure of goods in market; auction.
Sir W. Temple.
Bill of sale
.
See under
Bill
.
Of sale
,
On sale
,
For sale
,
to be bought or sold; offered to purchasers; in the market.
To set to sale
,
to offer for sale; to put up for purchase; to make merchandise of.
[Obs.]
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sale

SALE

,
Noun.
[The primary sense of sell, is simply to deliver or cause to pass from one person to another.]
1.
The act of selling; the exchange of a commodity for money of equivalent value. The exchange of one commodity for another is barter or permutation, and sale differs from barter only in the nature of the equivalent given.
2.
Vent; power of selling; market. He went to market, but found no sale for his goods.
3.
Auction; public sale to the highest bidder, or exposure of goods in market. [Little used.]
4.
State of being venal, or of being offered to bribery; as, to set the liberty of a state to sale.
5.
A wicker basket.

SALE

,
Adj.
Sold; bought; as opposed to homemade. [Colloquial.]

Definition 2024


Salé

Salé

See also: sale, Sale, salé, sāle, and șale

French

Proper noun

Salé

  1. A city near Rabat in Morocco

Derived terms

salé

salé

See also: sale, Sale, Salé, sāle, and șale

French

Adjective

salé m (feminine singular salée, masculine plural salés, feminine plural salées)

  1. salted; salty; saline
  2. costly (invoice)
  3. spicy, colourful (comment)

Noun

salé m (plural salés)

  1. salted pork meat

Verb

salé m (feminine singular salée, masculine plural salés, feminine plural salées)

  1. past participle of saler

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Middle French

Verb

salé

  1. past participle of saler

Adjective

salé m (feminine singular salee, masculine plural salez, feminine plural salees)

  1. salted; salty

Spanish

Verb

salé

  1. First-person singular (yo) preterite indicative form of salar.