sale English · revision 3226

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1050|origins=gem-pro *salō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /seɪl/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|sale]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) late [[inh|ang|sala|t=a sale, act of selling]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(AHD 2000) probably [[bor|non|sala|t=sale]],^(AHD 2000)^(COED 2004)^(Etymonline) from [[gem-pro|*salō]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) the source also of Old High German sala “sale, delivery” and Old English salu.^(Barnhart 1988)^(SOED 2002) It comes from the base of the Germanic verb that gave [[sell]],^(Hoad 1986)^(Barnhart 1988) from [[ine-pro|*sal-|t=to grasp, take]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The act of selling: about 1050.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''To sale'', “for sale”, is from about 1380, and ''on sale'' by the 1540s;^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) ''for sale'' is from 1611.^(OED 1989) A public auction is from 1673,^(OED 1989) and the selling of shop goods at lower prices than usual from 1866.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) An unrelated Old English ''sale'', a hall or palace, and a Middle English ''sale'', a rope for tying cattle, are obsolete.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1050 – the act of selling.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1380 – ''to sale'', for sale.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1540s – ''on sale''.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1611 – ''for sale''.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1673 – an auction.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1866 – a reduced-price sale.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The exchange of goods or services for money; the act of [[sell|alt=selling]].^(AHD)^(SOED 2002)

+ # A period when a shop sells goods at reduced prices.^(AHD)^(Etymonline)

+ # A public [[auction]].^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

+ # ''(plural)'' The amount sold, or the business of selling.^(AHD)

+ # ''(for sale, on sale)'' Available to be bought.^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[intersale]]

+ * [[nonsale]]

+ * [[presale]]

+ * [[resale]]

+ * [[saleable]]

+ * [[saleroom]]

+ * [[subsale]]

+ * [[wholesale]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sell]]

+ * [[sales]]

+ * [[salable]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}