sale
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a particular instance of selling
he has just made his first sale
Types & categories
- marketing hypernym
- divestiture hyponym
Sense 2 noun
the general activity of selling
they tried to boost sales
Types & categories
- marketing hypernym
- auction sale hyponym
- sell hyponym
Sense 3 noun
an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices
they held a sale to reduce their inventory
Types & categories
- occasion hypernym
- bazaar hyponym
- car boot sale hyponym
- clearance sale hyponym
- closeout hyponym
- fire sale hyponym
- fire sale hyponym
- garage sale hyponym
- going-out-of-business sale hyponym
- realisation hyponym
- rummage sale hyponym
- selloff hyponym
- white sale hyponym
Sense 4 noun
the state of being purchasable; offered or exhibited for selling
you'll find vitamin C for sale at most pharmacies
Types & categories
- merchantability hypernym
Sense 5 noun
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
Types & categories
- agreement hypernym
- conditional sale hyponym
- sheriff's sale hyponym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | marketing |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | divestiture |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | marketing |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | auction sale |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | sell |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | occasion |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | bazaar |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | car boot sale |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | clearance sale |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | closeout |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | fire sale |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | fire sale |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | garage sale |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | going-out-of-business sale |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | realisation |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | rummage sale |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | selloff |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | white sale |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | merchantability |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | agreement |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | conditional sale |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | sheriff's sale |