sale
When someone sells something and another person buys it for money.
The act of transferring ownership of goods or services to a buyer in exchange for money.
A time when stores sell things for less money than usual.
A limited period during which goods are offered at reduced prices to encourage purchases.
How many things a store sells in a certain time.
The total quantity of goods or services sold by a company or store in a specific time frame.
- Base: sale
- Plural: sale, sales
for sale
1available to be bought
If something is for sale, you can buy it.
- This house is for sale for $300,000.
- Are these paintings for sale?
on sale
1being sold cheaply or now available
'On sale' means something is being sold at a lower price than usual, or that it is available to buy now.
- Those shoes are on sale for half price.
- The new book is now on sale in stores.
point of sale
1place where buying happens
The place where you pay for things you buy in a store.
- Please pay at the point of sale.
- Point-of-sale systems are upgrading to accept mobile payments.
sell like hotcakes
1sell very quickly and well
To be bought by many people very quickly.
- The new video game is selling like hotcakes.
- Tickets for the concert sold like hotcakes.
hard sell
1Aggressive persuasion technique
A way of trying very strongly to make someone buy or accept something.
- The salesman used a hard sell to close the deal.
- The salesman used a hard sell to push the product.
- I don't like the hard sell approach.