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  1. noun The exchange of goods or services for an amount of money or its equivalent; the act of selling.
  2. noun An instance of selling.
  3. noun An opportunity for selling or being sold; demand.
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  • Preparing properties for the sale is a lengthy process with lots of paper work for the civil deputies. —  thetowntalk.com -
  • Details of the sale could be announced as early as today. —  SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
  • Thus, if the sale is at Rs 30 per share, promoter holding would fall to 35\% post-placement and if it is at Rs 35 per share, the promoters would be left with 41\% stake in the company. —  Daily News & Analysis
  • The inactivity at the theme park since the sale was announced had led to rumors circulating that AGH's financing had fallen through, but Spangler says nothing could be farther from the truth. —  National Business News - Local Business News | bizjournals
  • Last summer the Court of Appeals unanimously ruled the course could not be sold unless the sale was approved by all course stakeholders, and that it could only be sold to another city or governmental unit. —  detnews.com - Commuting
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  1. Middle English, from Old English sala, from Old Norse.

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  1. from Middle English sale, from Anglo-Saxon sala, a sale (= Old High German sala, Middle High German sale, sal, a delivery, = Icelandic sala, feminine, sal, n., a sale, bargain, = Swedish salu = Danish salg, a sale), from sellan (✓ sal), give, give over, sell: see sell.
  2. from Middle English sale, a hall, from Anglo-Saxon sæl, sel, a house, hall, = Middle Dutch sael, Dutch zaal, a parlor, room, = Middle Low German sal, sāl = Old High German Middle High German sal, German saal, a dwelling, house, hall, room, chamber, = Icelandic salr = Swedish Danish sal, a hall (cf. Old French sale, French salle = Provencal Spanish Portuguese Italian sala, a hall, from Teutonic); cf. Anglo-Saxon salor, also sele = Old Saxon seli, a hall (Old Saxon selihūs = Old High German seli-hūs, hall-house); Old High German selida, Middle High German selde = Gothic (Moesogothic) salithwa, a mansion, guest-chamber, lodging; Gothic (Moesogothic) saljan, dwell; prob. akin to Old Bulgarian selo, ground, Bulgarian selo, a village, = Servian selo = Polish siolo, sielo = Russian selo, a village, Old Bulgarian selitva, a dwelling; Latin sŏlum, soil, ground: see sole, soil. Hence (through F.) English saloon, salon.
  3. Ult. from Anglo-Saxon seal, sealh, willow: see sallow, sally.
 

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