sale

/seːl/
noun 4name 3

Collocations

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1

act of selling

ADJ

quick | major, massive | illegal | auction, bring-and-buy, car-boot, garage, jumble, tabletop | house, share, etc.

VERB + SALE

ban, block, halt, prevent, prohibit, stop | close, make | hold

SALE + VERB

make sth, realize sth, total sth | go ahead/through, proceed | fall through

SALE + NOUN

agreement, contract | price | proceeds

PREP

for ~ | on ~

PHRASES

conditions of sale | a contract of sale, on open sale | the proceeds/profits from a sale | (on) sale or return

2

sales: amount sold

ADJ

good, healthy, high, huge, massive, strong | increased | poor | annual, quarterly, etc. | direct, retail, telephone | domestic | export, foreign, international, overseas | global, overall, total, world, worldwide | gross, net | unit, volume | high-street | arms, car, house, land, ticket, etc.

QUANT

level, value, volume

VERB + SALE

achieve, have | generate | boost

SALE + VERB

account for sth | amount to sth, reach sth | exceed sth | be/go up, grow, improve, increase, rise, rocket, skyrocket, soar | 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 | conference | presentation | report | tax | contract | patter, pitch, talk

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 marketing

3

period of reduced prices

ADJ

annual, summer, winter, etc. | clothing, furniture, etc. | clearance, closing-down

PREP

at/in the ~s

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