noun · informal
sale
/seɪl/SALE
Band 4-5speakingtask2
an event or period when goods are sold at lower prices than usual
Examples
“I bought the jacket in the winter sale.”
“All shoes are on sale this weekend.”
“The store had a big sale before Christmas.”
Band 8 sentence
“I usually wait for the end-of-season sale to buy winter clothes, because the discounts are much better then.”
Collocations
- on sale
- seasonal sale
Word family
sale nounsell verb
Common mistakes
I will sale my clothes.→I will sell my clothes / I will put my clothes on sale.
This is on discount.→This is on sale / This is discounted.
Say it for a higher band
5discounted→6reduced price→7+sale
Synonyms
clearance
Easily confused
clearance
“The store held a clearance sale to make room for new stock.”
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In Shopping & Money
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