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sale noun ( CHEAP PRICE )
/seɪl/ n Definition
[C] an occasion when goods are sold at a lower price than usual
a mid-season/end-of-season sale
a clearance/closing-down sale
I bought this in the January sales.
sale goods/prices
on sale mainly US (UK usually in the sale)
reduced in price
Can you tell me if this dress is in the sale?
(Definition of sale noun (CHEAP PRICE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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