sale: [11] Sale was borrowed from Old Norse sala. This came from the same prehistoric Germanic base, *sal-, that produced English sell. The word’s specific application to the ‘selling of goods at lower-than-normal prices’ did not emerge until the 1860s. => sell
sale (n.)
late Old English sala "a sale, act of selling," from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse sala "sale," from Proto-Germanic *salo (cognates: Old High German sala, Swedish salu, Danish salg), from PIE root *sal- (3) "to grasp, take." Sense of "a selling of shop goods at lower prices than usual" first appeared 1866. Sales tax attested by 1886. Sales associate by 1946. Sales representative is from 1910.
双语例句
1. The sale is a big coup for the auction house.
这笔交易是该拍卖行的一大成功之举。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The beans are then ground and packaged for sale as ground coffee.
然后那些咖啡豆被磨碎，包装好作为咖啡粉出售。
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3. In 1991, the house was advertised for sale at $49,000.
1991年，这座房子登广告出售，售价为49,000美元。
来自柯林斯例句
4. There are many boats, new and used, for sale.
有很多新旧不一的船待售。
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5. There was a Leica camera for sale in the window.
