"on sale" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase}} on sale
  1. (British, Australia) Available for purchase. Tags: Australia, British Synonyms (available for purchase): for sale
    Sense id: en-on_sale-en-prep_phrase-bpRlnoRU Categories (other): Australian English, British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 59 41 Disambiguation of 'available for purchase': 70 30
  2. (US, Australia) Available for purchase at reduced prices. Tags: Australia, US Synonyms (available for purchase at reduced prices): on offer [British], on special [Australian]
    Sense id: en-on_sale-en-prep_phrase-p9VBugqc Categories (other): American English, Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of 'available for purchase at reduced prices': 31 69
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          "word": "on special"
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      "sense": "available for purchase",
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    },
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      "word": "on special"
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