n. The act of selling; also, a specific act or a continuous process of selling; the exchange or disposal of a commodity, right, property, or whatever may be the subject of bargain, for a price agreed on and generally payable in money, as distinguished from barter; the transfer of all right and property in a thing for a price to be paid in money.n. In law, a contract for the transfer of property from one person to another, for a valuable consideration.n. Opportunity to sell; demand; market.n. Disposal by auction or public outcry.n. The price.n. A hall.n. Willow; osier; also, a basket-like net.