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.
雙語例句
1. The sale is a big coup for the auction house.
這筆交易是該拍賣行的一大成功之舉。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The beans are then ground and packaged for sale as ground coffee.
然後那些咖啡豆被磨碎，包裝好作為咖啡粉出售。
來自柯林斯例句
3. In 1991, the house was advertised for sale at $49,000.
1991年，這座房子登廣告出售，售價為49,000美元。
來自柯林斯例句
4. There are many boats, new and used, for sale.
有很多新舊不一的船待售。
來自柯林斯例句
5. There was a Leica camera for sale in the window.