Meanings of making a sale in English

Sometimes her shop goes two to three days without making a sale.

The more people that eBay sellers can sell to, the better chance of making a sale.

For discouraged homeowners like the Morelands, making a sale can seem impossible in the post-2008 housing market.

Hayden spoke confidently about making a sale.

I called at every house until too dark to operate, making a sale at nearly every one.

His manner was not that of a liar, but of a merchant, intensely interested in making a sale.

A few months ago Lee was on the verge of making a sale to a family moving into Palmetto Grove.

I will be moderate, in consideration of the necessity in which I am of making a sale; but keep this to yourself.

He seemed an inferior sort of a person, and I had no idea at first of conciliating him and making a sale.

This is adding pressure to manufacturers' cashflow, with the average time between making a sale and receiving payment increased across the sector, Euler Hermes said.

Experience had taught me that refinement in a model was helpful in making a sale, even in the case of the least refined of customers.

For example, a magnifying-glass worth three dollars was sold for seventy-five cents, in order to stop a run of bad luck by making a sale.