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Sale vs Sare - What's the difference?

sale | sare |

As a noun sale

is splinter.

As a verb sare is

.

sale

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) sale, sal, from (etyl) . Related also to (l), (l).

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A hall.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) sale, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (s)
  • An exchange of goods or services for currency or credit.
  • The sale of goods at reduced prices.
  • The act of putting up for auction to the highest bidder.
    • Derived terms
    * for sale * on sale * regular sales * salesman * sales pitch
    Troponyms
    * (selling of goods at reduced prices) cut-rate sale, sales event * (act of putting up for auction to the highest bidder) auction, public sale

    Anagrams

    * ----

    sare

    English

    Alternative forms

    * sear

    Adjective

  • (British, archaic) dry, withered
    • Burn ash-wood green, 'tis a fire for a queen;
    Burn ash-wood sare , 'twool make a man sware.
  • (dialectal, Kent, archaic) tender, rotten
  • (dialectal, Northern England, archaic) melancholy, bad, severe

    • Adverb

  • (UK, dialectal, Northern England, archaic) much, very much, greatly