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sale

/seːl/ noun A1
  1. An exchange of goods or services for currency or credit. (countable, uncountable) · He celebrated after the sale of company.
  2. The act of putting up for auction to the highest bidder. (countable, uncountable)

Plural sales

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Green candy and green pop-corn were offered for sale, as well as green shoes, green hats, and green clothes of all sorts.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 64 · B2
AN OLD MAN was employed in cutting wood in the forest, and, in carrying the faggots to the city for sale one day, became very wearied with his long journey.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 29 · B2
One day by chance he found a tame Partridge for sale.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 82 · B2
“It was at the shop of Morse Hudson, who has a place for the sale of pictures and statues in the Kennington Road.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 69 · C1

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