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on sale

on sale prepositional phrase: available for purchase.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (Australia, UK) Available for purchase.
    • In 1866 Colonel J. F. Meline noted that the rebozo had almost disappeared in Santa Fe and that hoop skirts, on sale in the stores, were being widely used.1948, Carey McWilliams, North from Mexico / The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States, J. B. Lippincott Company, page 75
    Synonyms:
    for sale
  2. (Australia, US) Available for purchase at reduced prices.
    Synonyms:
    on offer, on special

Synonyms of on sale

Questions about on sale

What does on sale mean?
On sale means available for purchase.
What part of speech is on sale?
On sale is a prepositional phrase.

Words near on sale in the dictionary

  1. on reflection
  2. on remand
  3. on report
  4. on risk
  5. on route
  6. on sale
  7. on schedule
  8. on second thought
  9. on second thoughts
  10. on seen
  11. on serve

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