Sale

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /seɪl/
• Rhymes: -eɪl
• Homophones: sail

From Middle English sale, sal, from Old English sæl ("room, hall, castle"), from Proto-Germanic *salą ("house, hall"), from Proto-Indo-European *sol-, *sel- ("home, dwelling, village"). Cognate with West Frisian seal, Dutch zaal, German Saal, Swedish sal, Icelandic salur, Lithuanian sala ("village"). Related also to salon, saloon.

Full definition of sale

Noun

1. (obsolete) A hall.

From Middle English sale, from Old English sala ("act of selling, sale"), from Old Norse sala ("sale"), from Proto-Germanic *salō ("delivery"), from Proto-Indo-European *sel- ("to grab").

Noun

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

Derived terms

Troponyms

• (selling of goods at reduced prices) cut-rate sale, sales event
• (act of putting up for auction to the highest bidder) auction, public sale

Anagrams

• ales, ELAS, Elsa, lase, leas, seal, SEAL