short sale
short selling | sale of securities or commodity futures not owned by the seller (who hopes to buy them back later at a lower price) |
auction
auction sale
vendue | the public sale of something to the highest bidder |
| sale | a particular instance of selling, he has just made his first sale, they had to complete the sale before the banks closed |
| sale | the general activity of selling, they tried to boost sales, laws limit the sale of handguns |
sale cutate sale
sales event | an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices, they held a sale to reduce their inventory, I got some great bargains at their annual sale |
car boot sale
boot sale | an outdoor sale at which people sell things from the trunk of their car |
clearance sale
inventorylearance sale | a sale to reduce inventory |
| fire sale | a sale of merchandise supposedly damaged by fire |
| fire sale | a sale of assets at very low prices typically when the seller faces bankruptcy |
garage sale
yard sale | an outdoor sale of used personal or household items held on the seller's premises |
| going-out-of-business sale | a sale of all the tangible assets of a business that is about to close, during the Great Depression going-out-of-business sales were very common |
rummage sale
jumble sale | a sale of donated articles |
| white sale | a sale of household linens |
sale
sales agreement | an agreement (or contract) in which property is transferred from the seller (vendor) to the buyer (vendee) for a fixed price in money (paid or agreed to be paid by the buyer), the salesman faxed the sales agreement to his home office |
| conditional sale | a sale in which the buyer receives title to the property only upon the performance of some condition (usually the full payment of the purchase price) |
sale in gross
contract of hazard | a sale of a tract of land as a whole without a warranty as to the acreage |
sheriff's sale
execution sale
judicial sale
forced sale | a sale of property by the sheriff under authority of a court's writ of execution in order satisfy an unpaid obligation |
| bill of sale | a deed transferring personal property |
weather
weather condition
conditions
atmospheric condition | the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation, they were hoping for good weather, every day we have weather conditions and yesterday was no exception, the conditions were too rainy for playing in the snow |
| conditional sale | a security interest taken by the seller in return for credit |
| conditions | the set of circumstances that affect someone's welfare, hazardous working conditions, harsh living conditions |
| conditions | the prevailing context that influences the performance or the outcome of a process, there were wide variations in the conditions of observation |
| noise conditions | the condition of being noisy (as in a communication channel) |
| ski conditions | the amount and state of snow for skiing |
| meteorological conditions | the prevailing environmental conditions as they influence the prediction of weather |
| sale | the state of being purchasable, offered or exhibited for selling, you'll find vitamin C for sale at most pharmacies, the new line of cars will soon be on sale |
purchasable
for sale | available for purchase, purchasable goods, many houses in the area are for sale |
| point-of-sale | of or relating to or being the location where something is purchased |