as in transaction
the transfer of ownership of something from one person to another for a price
my neighbor tried to make a sale, but no one was interested in buying his old car they made enough profit from the sale of the house for a down payment on the new one
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Recent Examples of sale
Unprosecuted crimes against the public — such as the widespread sale of 78-cent postage stamps for 19 cents to 59 cents, rolls of 100, counterfeits all, for years online.
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Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
International sales of the series will be handled by NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 7 May 2026
International sales will be handled by NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 May 2026
Americas sales declined 6% on a like-for-like basis, while Coty’s EMEA (Europe, the Middle East, and Africa) sales declined 11% and Asia-Pacific sales fell 5%.
—Hikmat Mohammed, Vogue, 7 May 2026
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Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
International sales of the series will be handled by NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 7 May 2026
International sales will be handled by NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 May 2026
Americas sales declined 6% on a like-for-like basis, while Coty’s EMEA (Europe, the Middle East, and Africa) sales declined 11% and Asia-Pacific sales fell 5%.
—Hikmat Mohammed, Vogue, 7 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sale
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Paramount on Monday asked the FCC for authorization to include the royal families and other foreign investors to help finance the company’s proposed $81-billion transaction.—
Meg James,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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Gannon Ken Van Dyke, 38, was charged Friday with unlawful use of confidential government information for personal gain, theft of nonpublic government information, commodities fraud, wire fraud and making an unlawful monetary transaction.—
Adam Reiss,
NBC news,
28 Apr. 2026
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Bad Wolf was commissioned by the BBC and Disney+, along with BBC Studios, to be the producer for hire that made 26 episodes in this big BBC and Disney+ deal… There was never any talk of more than that.—
K.J. Yossman,
Variety,
7 May 2026
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Oil prices sank Wednesday, and stock markets rallied worldwide with hopes that the United States and Iran are nearing a deal to allow ships to deliver crude from the Persian Gulf once again to their customers.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
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Christie’s said the sale marked the first time a major auction house offered a digital-only artwork with a non-fungible token as a guarantee of its authenticity, as well as the first time cryptocurrency has been used to pay for an artwork at auction.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 Apr. 2026
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Shortly after the Iran war began, there were several weak Treasury auctions in which bonds cleared at higher-than-expected yields or drew insufficient buyer demand.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
28 Apr. 2026
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Simply select the purchase in your online account or the American Express® App to see your plan options.—
Liz Knueven,
CNBC,
2 May 2026
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The new Butterbeer food items will be available for purchase at participating Cinnabon and Schlotzsky’s Deli locations, while supplies last, between May 4 and May 17.—
Nicholas Rice,
PEOPLE,
2 May 2026
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An Orlando resident has completed his end of the plea bargain from a 2020 crash that killed three teens, and now the courts have fulfilled theirs by wiping his criminal record clean.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
4 May 2026
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There will always be bargain-hunting customers, so other discount carriers could benefit from Spirit’s demise.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
4 May 2026
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“Sale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sale. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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