sale
verb
- alternate expression of sell; put on sale, put up for sale
noun
- completed act of selling something
- offer of discounted prices
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /seːl/ / /seɪl/
name
Etymology: From Old English sealh (“willow tree”).
- A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, historically in Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ9892).
- A town in the Shire of Wellington, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, named after Robert Sale.
- A surname.
noun
Etymology: From Middle English sale, sal, from Old English sæl (“room, hall, castle”), from Proto-Germanic *salą (“house, hall”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“home, dwelling, village”). Cognate with West Frisian seal, Dutch zaal, German Saal, Swedish sal, Icelandic salur, Lithuanian sala (“village”). Doublet of sala and salle. Related also to salon, saloon.
- A hall.