sale
English Thesaurus
1. a particular instance of selling (noun.act)
| hyponym | : | divestiture, |
| definition | : | the sale by a company of a product line or a subsidiary or a division (noun.act) |
2. the general activity of selling (noun.act)
| hyponym | : | sell, |
| definition | : | the activity of persuading someone to buy (noun.act) |
3. an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | occasion, |
| definition | : | an opportunity to do something (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | bazaar, fair, |
| definition | : | a sale of miscellany; often for charity (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | boot sale, car boot sale, |
| definition | : | an outdoor sale at which people sell things from the trunk of their car (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | closeout, |
| definition | : | a sale intended to dispose of all remaining stock (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | fire sale, |
| definition | : | a sale of merchandise supposedly damaged by fire (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | fire sale, |
| definition | : | a sale of assets at very low prices typically when the seller faces bankruptcy (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | garage sale, yard sale, |
| definition | : | an outdoor sale of used personal or household items held on the seller's premises (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | realisation, realization, |
| definition | : | a sale in order to obtain money (as a sale of stock or a sale of the estate of a bankrupt person) or the money so obtained (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | selloff, |
| definition | : | a sale of a relatively large number of assets (stocks or bonds or commodities) at a low price typically done to dispose of them rather than as normal trade (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | white sale, |
| definition | : | a sale of household linens (noun.act) |
4. an agreement (or contract) in which property is transferred from the seller (vendor) to the buyer (vendee) for a fixed price in money (paid or agreed to be paid by the buyer) (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | agreement, understanding, |
| definition | : | the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | conditional sale, |
| definition | : | a sale in which the buyer receives title to the property only upon the performance of some condition (usually the full payment of the purchase price) (noun.communication) |
5. the state of being purchasable; offered or exhibited for selling (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | merchantability, |
| definition | : | the state of being fit for market; ready to be bought or sold (noun.state) |
Visual ArtiKata
Explore sale in ArtiKata.com >