(law) A contract that involves an exchange of goods, services or property to be exchanged from seller (or vendor) to buyer (or purchaser) for an agreed upon value in money (or money equivalent) paid or the promise to pay same.

(finance) The sale of a security at a loss, and repurchase of the same or substantially identical security shortly before or after; used in tax evasion.

A sale of goods, typically unwanted household items, conducted in the driveway of a house, with the intention of selling to neighbours or passers-by.

(law) A form of conveyance by which the bargainor contracts to convey the lands to the bargainee and becomes by such contract a trustee for and seized to the use of the bargainee. The statute then completes the purchase, i.e. the bargain vests the use, and the statute vests the possession.

plural of bill of sale

(uncountable) The lending of goods to a retailer on condition that the latter may return any he has not sold. / (countable) A sale (to a retailer) under this mechanism.

car boot sale

(Australia, auto) A sale of cars from the previous year.

plural of sale-goer

One who looks for bargains at a sale or sales.