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sale

 
/seɪl/ n [C/U] (ACT OF SELLING)

Definition

an act of exchanging something for money: [U] You pay tax on the profits from the sale of buildings. [C] The school raised money from book sales, bake sales, and individual contributors. [U] When I bought this house, there were many, many homes for sale (= available to be bought).
(Definition of sale n (ACT OF SELLING) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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