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 |
ransacking
rummage | a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion), he gave the attic a good rummage but couldn't find his skis |
| 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 |
patchwork
hodgepodge
jumble | a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas |
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 |
jumble
jumbal | small flat ring-shaped cake or cookie |
| conditional sale | a security interest taken by the seller in return for credit |
clutter
jumble
muddle
fuddle
mare's nest
welter
smother | a confused multitude of things |
| rummage | a jumble of things to be given away |
| 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 |
| rummage | search haphazardly, We rummaged through the drawers |
scramble
jumble
throw together | bring into random order |
jumble
confuse
mix up | assemble without order or sense, She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence |
jumble
mingle | be all mixed up or jumbled together, His words jumbled |
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 |