to sell (infinitive used predicatively): on sale, offered for sale. Now rare.

Phrases. to sale = ‘for sale’ (see 2e). Now only in to put up to sale, formerly †to set to sale (often figurative; in quot. 1576 apparently to…

Phrases. to set on (or †a) sale = ‘to set to sale’ (see 2a); (to be) onor †upon sale = ‘for sale’ (see 2e).

On sale, for sale.

Phrases. for sale: used adjectively, = intended to be sold; used adverbially, = with a view to selling.

The condition of being offered; (Marketing) the fact of being offered for sale, esp. at a reduced price, as a sales promotion. on offer: available…