The bookstore operates 'on sale or return'. [=books in the store can be returned to the book supplier if the store does not sell them]
('Brit') I bought these shoes 'in the sales'. [=at a time when many stores have a sale]
disappointing 'sales figures' [=numbers that show how much money was made from sales]
(..) who's runnin' things around here... ...when you get sold out for taxes. I'll buy this place lock, stock and barrel and I'll live in it. But I'll wait for the sheriff's sale. That's all of Tara you'll ever get! You'll be sorry for that. We'll be back! I'll show you who the owner of Tara is. (..)1939 Gone with the Wind