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.
例文
1. The sale is a big coup for the auction house.
この取引は、このオークション行の大成功である。
2.The beans are then ground and packaged for sale as ground coffee.
そしてそれらのコーヒー豆は細かく砕かれ、包装されてコーヒー粉として販売されている。
3.In 1991、the house was advertised for sale at$49000.
1991年、この家は広告で49,000ドルで販売された。
4.There are many boats,new and used,for sale .
新旧さまざまな船が販売されています。
5.There was a Leica camera for sale in the window.