Sāle1, n.
n. [A-S. sellan, to give, to deliver, to sell. See SELL.]
Sense 1. The act of selling; the transfer of property from one person to another, for a price in money, paid or to be paid.
Sense 2. Opportunity of selling; demand; market. They shall have a ready sale for them. Spenser.
Sense 3. Public disposal to the highest bidder, or exposure of goods in market; auction. [R.] Temple.
Of sale, on sale, for sale, to be bought or sold; offered to purchasers.—To set to sale, to offer for sale; to put up for purchase; to make merchandise of. Milton.