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Meaning of sale

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  sale
      n 1: a particular instance of selling; "he has just made his
           first sale"; "they had to complete the sale before the
           banks closed"
      2: the general activity of selling; "they tried to boost sales";
         "laws limit the sale of handguns"
      3: an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced
         prices; "they held a sale to reduce their inventory"; "I got
         some great bargains at their annual sale" [syn: {sale}, {cut-
         rate sale}, {sales event}]
      4: the state of being purchasable; offered or exhibited for
         selling; "you'll find vitamin C for sale at most pharmacies";
         "the new line of cars will soon be on sale"
      5: 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); "the
         salesman faxed the sales agreement to his home office" [syn:
         {sale}, {sales agreement}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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