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sales event

sales event

1 2.2
A short time when shops offer many things at lower prices
  • noun
translation icon : evento de ventas
  • Residents who come to the sales events can buy mowers at manufacturer discounts of up to 25 percent off hardware store prices.

Nationally, this is a flash sale event for Enviro Cleanse, the home air purifier so powerful the US Navy chose it to purify the air on their ships.

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Examples

  • Today we are launching our 4th sale event with TopFloor, a video-driven e-commerce platform.

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  • I said I refused to go to trade shows or to travel for sales events.

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  • They are having their "Not Normal Sales Event."

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  • Comic Cons are primarily promotional and sales events.

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  • Nationally, this is a flash sale event for Enviro Cleanse, the home air purifier so powerful the US Navy chose it to purify the air on their ships.

  • Next week, the store will hold a major sales event featuring discounts on all electronics.

  • During the annual summer sales event, customers can find items on sale for up to 50% off.

  • Many people wait for Black Friday as it is the biggest sales event of the year.

Synonyms

sale
vssales event
476 1.0

A time when shops offer goods at lower prices

stresses specially reduced prices rather than generic temporary discounts
clearance sale
vssales event
4 2.1

A sale when a shop sells many items at low prices to make room for new stock

is a general reduced-price period not limited to removing leftover stock
sales promotion
vssales event
  • Specialized
1 2.5

Actions companies use to get more people to buy things, like discounts and contests

is a single reduced-price period rather than a wider set of marketing activities
cut-rate sale
vssales event
  • US
2.7

An event when shops sell goods at much lower prices for a short time to clear old stock

is used for offers that last a limited time rather than very briefly
inventory-clearance sale
vssales event
3.3

A shop event to sell old or extra items at low prices

is a broad reduced-price period not only for excess or obsolete stock

How Extensive

sales event
1 2.2
sale
476 1.0

Surface Forms

sales event singular
sales events plural

Morphology

sale + event

The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'sale' (a promotional period with discounts) and 'event' (an occurrence or occasion): a 'sales event' is simply an occasion when items are sold at reduced prices. This noun+ noun composition is a common, compositional pattern cross-linguistically and should be immediately understandable to B1 learners who know the constituents.

Etymology

Sales event comes from shops holding a special event for sales, like a busy market day with signs and short offers. That's why sales event means a short time when goods are sold at 'special prices' or for a 'limited time'.