sale

Meaning

Noun

• A hall.
• An exchange of goods or services for currency or credit.
• The sale of goods at reduced prices.
• The act of putting up for auction to the highest bidder.

Origin

• From Middle English sale, sal, from Old English sæl ("room, hall, castle"), from Proto-Germanic *salą ("house, hall"), from Proto-Indo-European *sel- ("home, dwelling, village"). Cognate with West Frisian seal, Dutch zaal, German Saal, Swedish sal, Icelandic salur, Lithuanian sala ("village"). Related also to salon, saloon.
• 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").