"sale" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sale",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sales",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Proceeds from the sale of the art went to the local school."
        },
        {
          "text": "The sale of guns in Canada is tightly controlled."
        },
        {
          "text": "Travel agents don't make money until they make a sale."
        },
        {
          "text": "The president said the company is not for sale."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A sale is the act of selling something."
      ],
      "id": "simple-sale-en-noun-mjpneGzW",
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The stronger economy has boosted auto sales by $650 million over last year."
        },
        {
          "text": "Retail sales have fallen for two months in a row."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Sales is the number or value of things sold."
      ],
      "id": "simple-sale-en-noun-E7MMEnWV",
      "raw_tags": [
        "plural only"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She's now Seattle's director of marketing and sales."
        },
        {
          "text": "I'm not the kind of person who can be successful in sales."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Sales is the part of a company or industry that tries to get people to buy more."
      ],
      "id": "simple-sale-en-noun-p3euob-k",
      "raw_tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The computer store is having a sale: 50% off everything."
        },
        {
          "text": "Milk is on sale for a dollar a litre."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A sale is a time when prices are lower than usual."
      ],
      "id": "simple-sale-en-noun-DL5IPuUL",
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable & uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/seɪl/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-sale.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophones": [
        "sail"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sale"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sale",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sales",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Countable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Proceeds from the sale of the art went to the local school."
        },
        {
          "text": "The sale of guns in Canada is tightly controlled."
        },
        {
          "text": "Travel agents don't make money until they make a sale."
        },
        {
          "text": "The president said the company is not for sale."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A sale is the act of selling something."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The stronger economy has boosted auto sales by $650 million over last year."
        },
        {
          "text": "Retail sales have fallen for two months in a row."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Sales is the number or value of things sold."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "plural only"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She's now Seattle's director of marketing and sales."
        },
        {
          "text": "I'm not the kind of person who can be successful in sales."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Sales is the part of a company or industry that tries to get people to buy more."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Countable nouns",
        "Uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The computer store is having a sale: 50% off everything."
        },
        {
          "text": "Milk is on sale for a dollar a litre."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A sale is a time when prices are lower than usual."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable & uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/seɪl/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-sale.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophones": [
        "sail"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sale"
}