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,
disposal —
auction,
roup,
Dutch auction —
outcry,
vendue† —
custom
etc.
(traffic)
794.
vendibility,
vendibleness†.
seller —
vender,
vendor —
merchant
etc.
797 —
auctioneer.
verb
sell,
vend,
dispose of,
effect a sale —
sell over the counter,
sell by auction
etc.
n. —
dispense,
retail —
deal in
etc.
794 —
sell off,
sell out —
turn into money,
realize —
bring to the hammer,
bring under the hammer,
put up to auction,
put up for auction —
offer for sale,
put up for sale —
hawk,
bring to market —
offer
etc.
763 —
undersell.
let —
mortgage
etc.
(security)
771.
adjective
under the hammer,
on the market,
for sale.
salable,
marketable,
vendible —
unsalable
etc.
unpurchased†,
unbought —
on one's hands.
phrase
chose qui plait est a demi vendue [Fr.].
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