Whenastoresellsgoodsorservicesatapricelowerthanusual,itiscalledasale。Saleslastforalimitedtime。Thenthepriceisreturnedtoitsusualamount。
Therearemanykindsofsales。Forexample,aback-to-schoolsaleisheldnearthebeginningoftheschoolyear。Amidnightmadnesseventstartsverylateatnight。
An“earlybirdspecial”salestartsveryearlyinthemorning,usuallybeforethesunrises。ThiskindofsaleispopularthedayafterThanksgivinginNovember。
Afavoritesaleamongmanypeopleisthe“buyone,getonefree”sale。Youbuyonethingandgetasecondonewithoutcost。Whenpeopleseethewordfreeinanadvertisementtheyknowtheyaregettingagooddeal。
Anotherkindofsaleisa“goingoutofbusiness”sale。Thisiswhenastorekeepertriestosellallthegoodsinthestorebeforeclosingthebusinessforever。
Takethestoresellingfloorcoveringsforexample,Theownerlowersthepricesandputsupasig ,afewdayslatertheyseethestoredidnotclose。Andtheyseethesamesignthatclaimsthestoreisgoingoutofbusiness。
Somebusinessownersreallydonotendthebusinessbutwanttoearnmoremoney。InAmerica,youcanalwaysfindagoodsale,nomatterthedayortimeofyear。
ThereistheIndependenceDaysale,Veteran'sDaysale,clearancesale,sidewalksale,redtagsale,whitesale,bluelightspecial,liquidationsale,half-offsale,warehousesale,tentsale。