WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
sale /seɪl/USA pronunciation
n.
Idioms on sale, [uncountable] to be bought at reduced prices:The store has computers on sale for 50% off.
sal•a•ble, sale•a•ble, adj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- an act of selling:[countable]trying to make a sale.
- a special offering of goods at reduced prices:[countable]They're having a sale: 20% off.
- [countable] transfer of property for money or credit.
- [countable]
- an amount or quantity sold.
- sales, [plural] total receipts from selling.
- [countable] an auction.
- sales, [uncountable* used with a singular verb] a department, as in a business, concerned with selling and promoting goods, etc.:Sales is the department you want to see.
- Idioms for sale, [uncountable] available for purchase:This house is for sale.
sal•a•ble
(sā′lə bəl),USA pronunciation adj.
sal′a•bil′i•ty, n.
sal′a•bly, adv.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- subject to or suitable for sale;
readily sold:The books were sent back by the store in salable condition.
- sale + -able 1520–30
sal′a•bly, adv.
sale
(sāl),USA pronunciation n.
- the act of selling.
- a quantity sold.
- opportunity to sell;
demand:slow sale. - a special disposal of goods, as at reduced prices.
- transfer of property for money or credit.
- an auction.
- Idioms for sale, offered to be sold;
made available to purchasers. - Idioms on sale, able to be bought at reduced prices.
- bef. 1050; Middle English; late Old English sala; cognate with Old Norse, Old High German sala. Compare sell 1