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nonsale

nonsale adjective: not of or pertaining to selling.

Adjective

nonsale (not comparable)

  1. Not of or pertaining to selling.
  2. Not part of a sale where goods are discounted.
    • Customers who made purchases at Moss’s recent sale, held in a rented space around the corner, were given a card entitling them to a 15 percent discount on nonsale items in the store that are $500 or more, and items left over from the sale are being sold online as “Web specials,” Mr. Getchell said...2009 January 29, Marianne Rohrlich, “The Retailers’ View”, in New York Times

Origin of nonsale

From non- + sale.

Questions about nonsale

What does nonsale mean?
Nonsale means not of or pertaining to selling.
What part of speech is nonsale?
Nonsale is an adjective.

Words near nonsale in the dictionary

  1. nonsailor
  2. nonsailors
  3. nonsalable
  4. nonsalaried
  5. nonsalary
  6. nonsale
  7. nonsaleable
  8. nonsales
  9. nonsalesman
  10. nonsalesmen
  11. nonsalient

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