ADJ
- quick
- The price is low to ensure a quick sale
- major, massive
- a major sale of paintings the massive sale of foreign currency reserves
- illegal
- the illegal sale of alcohol
- auction, bring-and-buy, car-boot, garage, jumble, tabletop
- house, share, etc.
VERB + SALE
- ban, block, halt, prevent, prohibit, stop
- close, make
- Closing the sale means that you ask the buyer to say yes or no
- hold
- A sale of paintings will be held at the Town Hall on Saturday
SALE + VERB
- make sth, realize sth, total sth
- The jumble sale made £358 for cancer research. The sale of paintings totalled £250,000
- go ahead/through, proceed
- fall through
- The sale of the house fell through when the buyer pulled out
SALE + NOUN
- agreement, contract
- price
- proceeds
- to maximize the sale proceeds
PREP
- for ~
- I see they've put their house up for sale
- on ~
- The new stamps are now on sale at main post offices
PHRASES
- conditions of sale
- The conditions of sale were posted up around the auction room
- a contract of sale, on open sale
- Drugs were on open sale in the club
- the proceeds/profits from a sale
- All proceeds from the sale of the book will go to charity
- (on) sale or return
- The novels are delivered to newspaper shops and other outlets on a sale or return basis
ADJ
- good, healthy, high, huge, massive, strong
- increased
- poor
- annual, quarterly, etc.
- direct, retail, telephone
- Direct sales, by mail order, were up by 15%
- domestic
- export, foreign, international, overseas
- global, overall, total, world, worldwide
- gross, net
- unit, volume
- high-street
- High-street sales have fallen for the fifth consecutive month
- arms, car, house, land, ticket, etc.
QUANT
- level, value, volume
- The high volume of sales makes the low pricing policy profitable
VERB + SALE
- achieve, have
- generate
- The advertising campaign generated massive sales
- boost
SALE + VERB
- account for sth
- North American sales account for 40% of the worldwide market
- amount to sth, reach sth
- sales amounting to over £4 million Sales failed to reach 10,000 units
- exceed sth
- be/go up, grow, improve, increase, rise, rocket, skyrocket, soar
- Sales of ice cream are up because of the hot weather
- be/ go down, decline, drop, fall, slump
SALE + NOUN
- force, people, personnel, staff, team
- department, office
- director, manager, rep/representative
- campaign, drive, effort, promotion
- estimates, figures, levels, performance, revenue, targets, volume
- growth
- slump
- The car manufacturer was forced to shed jobs following a dramatic sales slump
- conference
- presentation
- report
- tax
- contract
- patter, pitch, talk
- an aggressive sales pitch from the company rep
PHRASES
- a decline/drop/fall/slowdown/slump in sales, a growth/an increase/a jump/a rise/a surge/an upturn in sales, sales and marketing
ADJ
- annual, summer, winter, etc.
- clothing, furniture, etc.
- clearance, closing-down
PREP
- at/in the ~s
- I bought it at the winter sales