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sale

Roget category 796

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
5.9. Possessive relations
›› 5.9.3. Interchange of property

#796. Sale

noun

sale, vent, disposalauction, roup, Dutch auctionoutcry, venduecustom etc. (traffic) 794.
vendibility, vendibleness.
sellervender, vendormerchant etc. 797auctioneer.

verb

sell, vend, dispose of, effect a salesell over the counter, sell by auction etc. n. — dispense, retaildeal in etc. 794sell off, sell out turn into money, realizebring to the hammer, bring under the hammer, put up to auction, put up for auctionoffer for sale, put up for salehawk, bring to marketoffer etc. 763undersell.
letmortgage etc. (security) 771.

adjective

under the hammer, on the market, for sale.
salable, marketable, vendibleunsalable etc. unpurchased, unboughton one's hands.

phrase

chose qui plait est a demi vendue [Fr.].

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