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 |
price cutting
price cut | cutting the price of merchandise to one lower than the usual or advertised price |
discount
price reduction
deduction | the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise |
| price freeze | a freeze of prices at a given level |
| price-fixing | control (by agreement among producers or by government) of the price of a commodity in interstate commerce |
| 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 |
| price increase | increase in price |
| price | the high value or worth of something, her price is far above rubies |
monetary value
price
cost | the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold), the fluctuating monetary value of gold and silver, he puts a high price on his services, he couldn't calculate the cost of the collection |
bargain rate
cheapness
cut rate
cut price | a price below the standard price |
| price cost toll | value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something, the cost in human life was enormous, the price of success is hard work, what price glory? |
| price gouging | pricing above the market price when no alternative retailer is available |
| price list | a listing of prices for different goods or services |
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 |
price index
price level | an index that traces the relative changes in the price of an individual good (or a market basket of goods) over time |
| retail price index | an index of changes in retail prices |
producer price index
wholesale price index | an index of changes in wholesale prices |
consumer price index
CPI
cost-of-living index | an index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer |
| price control | restriction on maximum prices that is established and maintained by the government (as during periods of war or inflation) |
| price floor | floor below which prices are not allowed to fall, the government used price supports to maintain the price floor |
| price | a monetary reward for helping to catch a criminal, the cattle thief has a price on his head |
| price tag | a tag showing the price of the article it is attached to |
| price bracket | a category of merchandise based on their price |
Post Emily Post
Emily Price Post | United States female author who wrote a book and a syndicated newspaper column on etiquette (-) |
Price
Leontyne Price
Mary Leontyne Price | United States operatic soprano (born ) |
Wood Mrs. Henry Wood
Ellen Price Wood | English writer of novels about murders and thefts and forgeries (-) |
| bride price | money or property given (in some societies) by the bridegroom to the family of his bride |
| price support | a government subsidy used to maintain prices at a certain level |
price
terms
damage | the amount of money needed to purchase something, the price of gasoline, he got his new car on excellent terms, how much is the damage? |
| price | cost of bribing someone, they say that every politician has a price |
asking price
selling price | the price at which something is offered for sale |
| bid price | (stock market) the price at which a broker is willing to buy a certain security |
| closing price | (stock market) the price of the last transaction completed during a day's trading session |
| offer price | (stock market) the price at which a broker is willing to sell a certain security |
| upset price | (auction) the minimum price at which a seller of property will entertain bids |