Sale vs. Sell

By Jaxson

  • Sale (noun)

    A hall.

  • Sale (noun)

    An exchange of goods or services for currency or credit.

    “He celebrated after the sale of company.”

  • Sale (noun)

    The sale of goods at reduced prices.

    “They are having a clearance sale: 50% off.”

  • Sale (noun)

    The act of putting up for auction to the highest bidder.

  • Sell (verb)

    To transfer goods or provide services in exchange for money.

    “I’ll sell you all three for a hundred dollars.”

    “Sorry, I’m not prepared to sell.”

  • Sell (verb)

    To be sold.

    “This old stock will never sell.”

    “The corn sold for a good price.”

  • Sell (verb)

    To promote a product or service.

  • Sell (verb)

    To promote a particular viewpoint.

    “My boss is very old-fashioned and I’m having a lot of trouble selling the idea of working at home occasionally.”

  • Sell (verb)

    To betray for money.

  • Sell (verb)

    To trick, cheat, or manipulate someone.

  • Sell (verb)

    To pretend that an opponent’s blows or maneuvers are causing legitimate injury; to act.

  • Sell (noun)

    An act of selling.

    “This is going to be a tough sell.”

  • Sell (noun)

    An easy task.

  • Sell (noun)

    An imposition, a cheat; a hoax; a disappointment; anything occasioning a loss of pride or dignity.

  • Sell (noun)

    A seat or stool.

  • Sell (noun)

    A saddle.

  • Sell (noun)

    A rope (usually for tying up cattle, but can also mean any sort of rope).

    “He picked up the sell from the straw-strewn barn-floor, snelly sneaked up behind her and sleekly slung it around her swire while scryingː “dee, dee ye fooking quhoreǃ”.”

Wiktionary
  • Sale (noun)

    the exchange of a commodity for money; the action of selling something

    “the sale has fallen through”

    “we withdrew it from sale”

  • Sale (noun)

    a quantity or amount sold

    “price cuts failed to boost sales”

  • Sale (noun)

    the activity or business of selling products

    “director of sales and marketing”

  • Sale (noun)

    a period during which a shop or dealer sells goods at reduced prices

    “the January sales got under way this week”

  • Sale (noun)

    a public or charitable event at which goods are sold or auctioned

    “a bric-a-brac sale will be held at St Cuthbert’s Church Centre”

Oxford Dictionary

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