They profited from the sale of the house. Sales are up by $6,000 this month. The company made over one million dollars in sales this quarter. The store is having a spring sale. Everything in the store will be 15 percent off during the sale. There is a sale on flights between New York and Paris. He has a job in sales. The department is in charge of sales and marketing. See More
Recent Examples on the WebThe city began exploring a Skyway sale to private operators in 2002 under then-Mayor Richard M. Daley, seeking money to pay off several hundred million dollars in outstanding bonds for the toll road. Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 13 Sep. 2022 Twitter shareholders voted Tuesday to approve the $44 billion sale of the company to Elon Musk, who is trying to back out of the deal. Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 13 Sep. 2022 Twitter’s board approved the sale to Musk in April, after just a couple of weeks of talks. Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Sep. 2022 Tickets go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. Sept. 16. Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Sep. 2022 Russia has previously complained to Turkey over its sale of the drones to Ukraine. Zeena Saifi, CNN, 12 Sep. 2022 Season packages tickets will go on sale to new subscribers in mid-October, and single tickets will become available to the general public sometime next year. Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 7 Sep. 2022 Weeks later, the State Department approved a potential sale of 300 Patriot missiles to Saudi Arabia for roughly $3.05 billion to help the Arab nation defend against Houthi drone and missile attacks. Ronn Blitzer, Fox News, 7 Sep. 2022 The price tag of a potential U.S. arms sale to Taiwan that’s drawn the ire of China. Ben Kamisar, NBC News, 6 Sep. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Old English sala; akin to Old High German sala transfer, Old English sellan to sell — more at sell
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Time Traveler
The first known use of sale was before the 12th century
1act of selling sth; occasion when things are sold售賣ADJECTIVE | VERB + SALE | SALE + VERB | SALE + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤quick快速銷售◇The price is low to ensure a quick sale.價格很低,目的是保證能夠快速售出。➤illegal非法出售◇the illegal sale of alcohol非法售酒➤art藝術品售賣▸➤bond, share, stock債券/股份/股票的出售▸➤auction, bake, bring-and-buy, car boot, estate, garage, jumble, rummage, tabletop, tag, yard (NAmE) 拍賣;家製糕餅義賣;捐贈物品義賣;擺放在車尾箱裏的舊貨售賣;自家院子舊物售賣;私人車庫裏的舊貨售賣;舊雜物義賣;擺在枱面上的商品展銷;宅前標價出售VERB + SALE➤hold舉行銷售(活動)▸➤ban, block, halt, prevent, prohibit, restrict, stop禁止銷售;阻止銷售;停止銷售;限制銷售➤approve批准銷售▸➤close, complete, make完成交易;做成買賣◇If we don't close this sale, we're out of business.如果做不成這筆買賣我們就破產了。➤lose失去交易➤announce宣佈出售SALE + VERB➤make sth, realize sth銷售獲得⋯/實現⋯◇The bake sale made $358 for cancer research.自製糕餅義賣為癌症研究籌集了 358 美元。➤go ahead, go through, proceed銷售進行▸➤fall through銷售交易落空◇The sale of the house fell through when the buyer pulled out.房屋交易因買方退出而中止。SALE + NOUN➤price銷售價格PREPOSITION➤for sale待售◇I see their house is for sale.我看到他們要賣房子。➤on sale出售◇The new stamps are now on sale at post offices.新郵票現在各郵局有售。PHRASES➤conditions of sale銷售條件◇The conditions of sale were posted up around the auction room.銷售條件張貼在拍賣大廳裏。➤a contract of sale銷售合同➤point of sale銷售點◇promotional posters shown at the point of sale在銷售點張貼的宣傳海報➤the proceeds from a sale, the profits from a sale銷售收益/利潤◇All proceeds from the sale of the book will go to charity.銷售此書的所得收益將全部捐給慈善機構。➤(on) sale or return (BrE) 餘貨包退◇The novels are delivered to outlets on a sale or return basis.這些小說發給各經銷門店,餘貨包退。➤up for sale待售◇The land has come up for sale again.那塊地又上市出售了。sale
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2salesactivity of selling things; amount sold銷售活動;銷量ADJECTIVE | ... OF SALES | VERB + SALES | SALES + VERB | SALES + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤good, healthy, high, huge, massive, record, strong銷路好;不錯的銷量;高銷量;創紀錄的銷量;暢銷▸➤increased增長的銷量▸➤disappointing, poor令人失望的銷量;低銷量▸➤annual, quarterly年度/季度銷量▸➤first-quarter, second-quarter, etc.第一季度、第二季度等銷量▸➤high-street, over-the-counter, retail商業大街的商品銷量;櫃枱銷量;零售量◇High-street sales have fallen for the fifth consecutive month.商業大街的商品銷量已連續 5 個月下滑。➤direct, telephone直銷量;電話銷售量◇Direct sales, by mail order, were up by 15%.郵購的直銷量增長了 15%。➤Internet, online因特網/在線銷量▸➤domestic國內銷量▸➤local當地銷量▸➤export, foreign, international, overseas出口/國外/國際/海外銷量▸➤global, overall, total, world, worldwide全球銷量;總銷量▸➤gross, net銷售總額/淨額▸➤unit, volume單位/批量銷量▸➤CD, DVD, PC, ticket, etc.唱盤銷量、數字影碟銷量、個人電腦銷量、售票量等▸➤home, house, land, property, real estate (NAmE) 住房銷售量;土地銷售量;房地產銷售量▸➤auto, car, vehicle汽車銷量▸➤arms武器銷量... OF SALES➤level, value, volume銷量水平;銷售額;銷售數量◇The high volume of sales makes the low pricing policy profitable.巨大的銷量使低定價策略也能獲利。VERB + SALES➤achieve, have取得銷量;有銷量▸➤generate, rack up (especially NAmE) 產生/累積銷量◇The advertising campaign generated massive sales.廣告宣傳創造了巨大的銷量。➤boost, drive, drive up, expand, increase, push, push up, spur促銷;擴大銷售;增加銷售;推動銷售;刺激銷售◇Low interest rates pushed sales to a record in 2006.2006 年,低利率推動銷量達到創紀錄的水平。➤hurt使銷售受損◇Lower consumer confidence could hurt PC sales.消費者信心不足會影響個人電腦的銷量。➤double, triple, etc.銷量翻番、增至三倍等▸➤expect, project預期/預估銷量▸➤report報告銷量◇The company reported strong sales for May.這家公司報告中稱 5 月份銷售勢頭強勁。SALES + VERB➤account for sth銷量佔⋯◇North American sales account for 40% of the worldwide market.北美的銷量佔全球市場的四成。➤amount to sth, reach sth, total sth銷量總計⋯/達到⋯/合計⋯◇sales amounting to over £4 million總計超過 400 萬英鎊的銷量◇Sales failed to reach 10 000 units.銷量未能達到 1 萬件。➤exceed sth銷量超過⋯▸➤be up, climb, go up, grow, improve, increase, jump, rise, rocket, skyrocket, soar, surge銷量上升;銷量上行;銷量增加;銷量猛增◇Sales of ice cream are up because of the hot weather.因於天氣炎熱,冰激凌的銷量有所增長。➤be down, decline, drop, fall, fall off, go down, slump銷量減少;銷量下滑;銷量下降;銷量暴跌SALES + NOUN➤force, people, personnel, staff, team銷售人員;銷售團隊▸➤agent, department, office銷售代理;銷售部門;銷售處▸➤director, manager, rep (informal) , representative銷售主任;銷售經理;銷售代表▸➤assistant, clerk (NAmE) 銷售助理;售貨員▸➤campaign, drive, effort, promotion銷售活動;促銷活動;銷售推廣活動➤strategy, tactics, technique銷售策略/戰略/技巧▸➤patter, pitch, talk推銷行話/宣傳/套話◇an aggressive sales pitch from the company rep公司銷售代表一番咄咄逼人的推銷宣傳➤estimates, projections銷售預估/預測▸➤data, figures, levels, performance, revenue, targets, volume銷售數據/數字/水平/業績/收入/目標/數量▸➤growth銷量增長▸➤slump銷量暴跌◇The factory was forced to shed jobs following a dramatic sales slump.隨着產品銷量急劇下降,這家工廠被迫削減工作崗位。➤conference訂貨會▸➤presentation銷售演示▸➤report銷售報告▸➤tax (especially NAmE) 銷售稅;營業稅◇It sells for $50 plus sales tax and shipping.售價 50 美元,外加營業稅和運費。➤receipt, slip (both NAmE) 銷售收據;銷售單PREPOSITION➤sales of⋯的銷量◇Sales of VCRs have plummeted.盒式錄像機銷量驟然下跌。➤in sales在銷售部門◇I work in sales (= in the sales department).我在銷售部門工作。PHRASES➤a decline in sales, a drop in sales, a fall in sales, a slowdown in sales, a slump in sales銷量的下滑/下跌/下降/減少/暴跌▸➤an increase in sales, a jump in sales, a rise in sales, a surge in sales, an upturn in sales銷量的增長/激增/上升/陡增/好轉▸➤growth in sales銷量增長▸➤sales and marketing市場營銷➡ note at per cent(for more verbs)➡ topic at businesssale
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3period of reduced prices降價期ADJECTIVE | VERB + SALE | SALE + VERB | SALE + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤after-Christmas, annual, January, summer, winter聖誕節後/年度/一月份/夏季/冬季大減價▸➤clothing, furniture, etc.服裝、傢具等大減價▸➤clearance, closing-down, fire, going-out-of-business (NAmE) 清倉處理;停業甩賣;火災受損物品賤賣VERB + SALE➤hold進行特價促銷SALE + VERB➤begin, end大減價開始/結束SALE + NOUN➤rack (NAmE) 特價商品貨架➤prices特價PREPOSITION➤in a/the sale在減價期間◇I got these shoes in the Bloomingdale's sale.這雙鞋是我在布魯明戴爾百貨店大減價時買的。➤at the sales, in the sales (both BrE) 在減價期間◇I bought it at the winter sales.那是我在冬季大減價時買的。➤on sale (NAmE) 減價出售◇All video equipment is on sale today and tomorrow.所有錄像設備今明兩天降價出售。