n.
1.the general activity of selling
2.a particular instance of selling
3.the state of being purchasable
4.an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices
5.an agreement (or contract) in which property is transferred from the seller (vendor) to the buyer (vendee) for a fixed price in money (paid or agreed to be paid by the buyer)
Idiom of the Day
tail between one's legs
feeling ashamed or beaten
The salesman resigned from his company with his tail between his legs after he told a lie about his expense account.