venta

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sale

venta
feminine noun
1. sale (acción)
  • de venta en… -> on sale at…
  • estar en venta -> to be for sale
  • poner a la venta -> to put up for sale; (casa) to put on sale (producto)
  • venta ambulante -> street vending
  • venta por catálogo -> mail-order selling
  • venta al contado -> cash sale
  • venta por correo o por correspondencia -> mail-order selling
  • venta a crédito -> credit sale
  • venta directa -> direct selling
  • venta a domicilio -> door-to-door selling
  • venta al por mayor -> wholesale
  • venta al por menor -> retail
  • venta a plazos -> sale by installments, hire purchase (British)
  • venta pública -> public auction
2. sales (cantidad)
  • han aumentado/caído las ventas -> sales have risen/fallen
3. country inn (posada)

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venta [ven’-tah]
noun
1. Sale, act of selling, market; custom. (f)
  • Venta confidencial -> a trust sale
2. A poor inn on roads far from towns or villages (posada). (f)
  • Estar de vent -> or estar en venta, to be on sale
3. Open place exposed to the weather. (Metaphorical)
4. Small shop, stall. (Caribbean & Mexico)
(Coll.) Applied to a woman who stands much at a window, to see and be seen.

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