Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Sale \Sale\, n. [Icel. sala, sal, akin to E. sell. See {Sell},
   v. t.]
   1. The act of selling; the transfer of property, or a
      contract to transfer the ownership of property, from one
      person to another for a valuable consideration, or for a
      price in money.

   2. Opportunity of selling; demand; market.

            They shall have ready sale for them.  --Spenser.

   3. Public disposal to the highest bidder, or exposure of
      goods in market; auction. --Sir W. Temple.

   {Bill of sale}. See under {Bill}.

   {Of sale}, {On sale}, {For sale}, to be bought or sold;
      offered to purchasers; in the market.

   {To set to sale}, to offer for sale; to put up for purchase;
      to make merchandise of. [Obs.] --Milton.