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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Sale \Sale\, n. [Icel. sala, sal, akin to E. sell. See Sell,
     v. t.]
     1. The act of selling; the transfer of property, or a
        contract to transfer the ownership of property, from one
        person to another for a valuable consideration, or for a
        price in money.
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     2. Opportunity of selling; demand; market.
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              They shall have ready sale for them.  --Spenser.
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     3. Public disposal to the highest bidder, or exposure of
        goods in market; auction. --Sir W. Temple.
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     Bill of sale. See under Bill.
  
     Of sale, On sale, For sale, to be bought or sold;
        offered to purchasers; in the market.
  
     To set to sale, to offer for sale; to put up for purchase;
        to make merchandise of. [Obs.] --Milton.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Sale \Sale\, n. [Icel. sala, sal, akin to E. sell. See Sell,
     v. t.]
     1. The act of selling; the transfer of property, or a
        contract to transfer the ownership of property, from one
        person to another for a valuable consideration, or for a
        price in money.
  
     2. Opportunity of selling; demand; market.
  
              They shall have ready sale for them.  --Spenser.
  
     3. Public disposal to the highest bidder, or exposure of
        goods in market; auction. --Sir W. Temple.
  
     Bill of sale. See under Bill.
  
     Of sale, On sale, For sale, to be bought or sold;
        offered to purchasers; in the market.
  
     To set to sale, to offer for sale; to put up for purchase;
        to make merchandise of. [Obs.] --Milton.

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