sale
/seːl/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.99 in modern English
4
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, historically in Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ9892).
name
A town in the Shire of Wellington, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, named after Robert Sale.
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "He celebrated after the sale of company."
- "They are having a clearance sale: 50% off."
Etymology
From Middle English sale, from Old English sala (“act of selling, sale”), from Old Norse sala (“sale”), from Proto-Germanic *salō (“delivery”), from Proto-Indo-European *selh₁- (“to grab”).