sale
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- pronunciation:
- seIl
- phrases:
- for sale, on sale
- features:
- Homophone Note, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
When something is for sale, it means that you can buy it by paying money. A store is a place where there are many things for sale.
Our neighbors who live next to us is moving away, so now their house is for sale. |
| definition 2: |
When a store has a sale, the store is selling things for a lower price than usual.
The clothing store is having a big sale. Everything is half the usual price.There is a sale on bananas at the grocery store, so Ellen's mother bought two bunches.- similar words:
- special
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| related words: |
exchange, fair |
| phrase: |
for sale, on sale |
The words
sale and
sail (as in a ship) sound alike but have different meanings.