| 单词 | sale |
| 释义 | salesale /seɪl/ ●●● S1 W1 noun 1ACT OF SELLING [countable, uncountable] the act of giving property or other goods to someone in exchange for money: sale of laws regarding the sale of alcohol Every time Harvey makes a sale, he gets $50 commission. increased sales to the Middle East2LOWER PRICES [countable] a period of time when stores sell their goods at lower prices than usual: All the Christmas sales start right after Thanksgiving. I got these shoes in the Macy’s sale. Nordstrom’s is having a sale.3for sale available to be bought: Sorry, it’s not for sale. a for sale sign They put their house up for sale (=made it available to be bought).4on sale a)available to be bought at a lower price than usual: I got my shoes on sale for half price. b)available to be bought: be/go on sale Tickets for the concert will go on sale in June.5SELLING PRODUCTS sales a)[plural] the total number of products that are sold during a particular period of time: We’re expecting sales to top $5 million this year. the company’s sales figures a drop in retail sales (=things sold in stores)sale of Sales of automobiles are up this year.home/car/computer etc. sales Computer sales are slowing down. The company had close to $700 million in sales this year. b)[uncountable] the part of a company that deals with selling products: She works as sales manager at a magazine. Are you interested in a career in sales?6TIME FOR SELLING [countable] an occasion when people bring particular things to a place in order to sell them: a craft sale a bake sale to raise money for the schoolgarage/yard sale (=when people sell things they do not want anymore from their yard or garage) I bought some golf clubs at a yard sale.7auction [countable] an event at which things are sold to the person who offers the highest price SYN auction: an exhibit and sale of Chinese art8sales campaign an effort made by a company to try to increase the number of products it sells9sales pitch/talk the things that someone says when he or she is trying to persuade you to buy something SYN spiel[Origin: 1000–1100 Old Norse sala] → see also bill of sale, point of sale |
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