sale

1 عمومی:: حراج‌، فروش‌، قابل‌ فروش‌ حراج‌، بازار فروش‌

شبکه مترجمین ایران

1 general::   noun act of selling ADJ. quick The price is low to ensure a quick sale. | major, massive a major sale of paintings the massive sale of foreign currency reserves | illegal the illegal sale of alcohol | auction, bring-and-buy, car-boot, garage, jumble, tabletop | house, share, etc. VERB + SALE ban, block, halt, prevent, prohibit, stop | close, make Closing the sale means that you ask the buyer to say yes or no. | hold A sale of paintings will be held at the Town Hall on Saturday. SALE + VERB make sth, realize sth, total sth The jumble sale made £358 for cancer research. The sale of paintings totalled £250,000. | go ahead/through, proceed | fall through The sale of the house fell through when the buyer pulled out. SALE + NOUN agreement, contract | price | proceeds to maximize the sale proceeds PREP. for ~ I see they've put their house up for sale. | on ~ The new stamps are now on sale at main post offices. PHRASES conditions of sale The conditions of sale were posted up around the auction room. | a contract of sale, on open sale Drugs were on open sale in the club. | the proceeds/profits from a sale All proceeds from the sale of the book will go to charity. | (on) sale or return The novels are delivered to newspaper shops and other outlets on a sale or return basis. sales: amount sold ADJ. good, healthy, high, huge, massive, strong | increased | poor | annual, quarterly, etc. | direct, retail, telephone Direct sales, by mail order, were up by 15%. | domestic | export, foreign, international, overseas | global, overall, total, world, worldwide | gross, net | unit, volume | high-street High-street sales have fallen for the fifth consecutive month. | arms, car, house, land, ticket, etc. QUANT. level, value, volume The high volume of sales makes the low pricing policy profitable. VERB + SALE achieve, have | generate The advertising campaign generated massive sales. | boost SALE + VERB account for sth North American sales account for 40% of the worldwide market. | amount to sth, reach sth sales amounting to over £4 million Sales failed to reach 10,000 units. | exceed sth | be/go up, grow, improve, increase, rise, rocket, skyrocket, soar Sales of ice cream are up because of the hot weather. | be/go down, decline, drop, fall, slump SALE + NOUN force, people, personnel, staff, team | department, office | director, manager, rep/representative | campaign, drive, effort, promotion | estimates, figures, levels, performance, revenue, targets, volume | growth | slump The car manufacturer was forced to shed jobs following a dramatic sales slump. | conference | presentation | report | tax | contract | patter, pitch, talk an aggressive sales pitch from the company rep PHRASES a decline/drop/fall/slowdown/slump in sales, a growth/an increase/a jump/a rise/a surge/an upturn in sales, sales and marketingPER CENT (for more verbs)BUSINESS period of reduced prices ADJ. annual, summer, winter, etc. | clothing, furniture, etc. | clearance, closing-down PREP. at/in the ~s I bought it at the winter sales.

Oxford Collocations Dictionary

2 general:: see CLOSE THE SALE; ON SALE; WHITE SALE.

American Heritage Idioms

3 general:: sale verbs make a sale (= sell something as part of your job ) • A salesman may communicate perfectly well with a customer but fail to make a sale. lose a sale (= fail to sell something ) • Harry lost the sale because he was not persistent enough. adjectives a quick sale • He wants a quick sale, so he might reduce the price. sale 2 ADJECTIVES/NOUN + sales strong (= good ) • The company has reported continuing strong sales. disappointing • Sales for the first three months of this year were disappointing. record sales (= better than ever before ) • The Ford Fiesta has achieved record sales in Italy. car/ticket/book etc sales • Car sales have fallen every month for the past two years. annual sales • The company has annual sales of over $300 million. worldwide sales • Worldwide sales of wine are increasing. retail sales (= sales of things to the public in shops ) • The volume of retail sales was 0.3 percent higher than in the previous quarter. export sales (= sales of things to other countries ) • Export sales rose for the sixth consecutive month. high-street sales British English (= in shops in towns and cities ) • Last month saw record high-street sales. verbs sales increase/rise/grow/go up • Sales rose by 9% last year. sales fall/drop/go down (= become lower ) • European sales have fallen by 12%. sales improve • Sales are expected to improve over the coming year. sales soar (= increase quickly and by a large amount ) • Computer sales soared as prices continued to come down. sales slump (= decrease quickly and by a large amount ) • Meat sales have slumped following the most recent health scare. sales + NOUN sales figures • The company said its sales figures continued to show growth. a sales target • It achieved only 20% of its sales target. the sales force (= the people who sell a company's products ) • The sales force had grown from 40 to 270. sales performance (= how much a company sells ) • There has been an encouraging improvement in sales performance. the sales forecast (= how much a company expects to sell ) • The sales forecast is for a 12% increase in sales over the current year. phrases an increase/growth in sales • The company is expecting a 20% increase in sales next year. a fall/drop in sales • Some jobs may be cut following a big drop in sales. the volume of sales (= the amount of goods a company sells ) • Because of its high volume of sales, the company can keep prices low.

transnet.ir

4 general:: noun reduction of price: They are having a sale today. noun purchase: The house is for sale. noun selling goods: She works in sales.

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