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# sale

«sale» in Mova's school dictionary: **selling something: the sale of a house** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (sale, sales)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A sale is selling something: the sale of a house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sale/#m1)

2) A sale is a time when things cost less than usual: a summer sale. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sale/#m2)

3) «For sale» means someone wants to sell it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sale/#m3)

4) «On sale» means it can be bought, or (USA) that it is cheaper than usual. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sale/#m4)

5) Sales are the number of things sold, or the money from them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sale/#m5)

6) A bake sale or yard sale is an event to sell things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sale/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: prices cut by an amount or percent; things sold counted; money from sales; new price = old price − discount. In everyday life: bake sales to raise money, garage sales, «for sale» signs. In stories: a house for sale with a secret.

### examples

- Shirts are on sale for $5 off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sale/#x1)
- The bake sale made $120. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sale/#x2)
- During the sale, prices are 20% less. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sale/#x3)
- How many tickets were sold at the sale? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sale/#x4)
- Our class had a bake sale for charity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sale/#x5)
- The house next door is for sale. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sale/#x6)
- Tickets go on sale on Monday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sale/#x7)
- Sales of ice cream go up in summer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sale/#x8)
- We sold old toys at a yard sale. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sale/#x9)
- "It's not for sale, my good man." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sale/#x10)

### note

«On sale» means a lower price: new price = old price − discount. Sales may be money taken in. Trap: «$5 off» is subtracted, «sells for $5» is the price itself. Trap: «20% off» means pay 80%. Homophone: sail (on a boat). «For sale» = can be bought; in the UK «on sale» usually just means available in shops.

### In the corpora

- [A sale lowers prices; a bargain is only a bargain if you would have bought the thing anyway.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/9-when-money-is-tight/13/)
- [Example: in a house in Brisbane, a "For Sale" board goes up out the front.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home/4/)
- [A "For Sale" board means the family has decided to sell the house, and selling usually takes months, not days.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home/8/)
- ["Headwinds" in business means problems that hurt sales.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/23-fees-bugs-and-spin/16/)
- ["Headwinds" in business means problems that hurt sales.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sale» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sale/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.