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sale vs sheriff's sale

sheriff's sale vs sale

sale and sheriff's sale both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sale Yes No No No
sheriff's sale Yes No No No
As nouns, sheriff's sale is a hyponym of sale; that is, sheriff's sale is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than sale:
  • sale: an agreement (or contract) in which property is transferred from the seller (vendor) to the buyer (vendee) for a fixed price in money (paid or agreed to be paid by the buyer)
  • sheriff's sale: a sale of property by the sheriff under authority of a court's writ of execution in order satisfy an unpaid obligation
Other hyponyms of sale include conditional sale, execution sale, forced sale, judicial sale.
sale (noun) sheriff's sale (noun)
a particular instance of selling a sale of property by the sheriff under authority of a court's writ of execution in order satisfy an unpaid obligation
an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices
the general activity of selling
an agreement (or contract) in which property is transferred from the seller (vendor) to the buyer (vendee) for a fixed price in money (paid or agreed to be paid by the buyer)
the state of being purchasable; offered or exhibited for selling
Difference between sale and sheriff's sale

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