Meaning & use
white sale
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Meaning
nouncountable
A sale of bed linens, towels, and similar household textiles, often at reduced prices.
Grammar: Countable: a white sale, two white sales. Often used with 'have' or 'hold': The store is having a white sale.
Patterns
- have a white sale
- hold a white sale
- a white sale on something
The department store is holding its annual white sale this week.
I bought new sheets and towels at the white sale.
White sales usually happen in January, when people refresh their bedding.
Word forms
| plural | white sales |
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Common combinations
- annual white sale
- The annual white sale starts on Friday.
- hold a white sale
- They hold a white sale every January.
- white sale prices
- She bought the towels at white sale prices.
- white sale on bedding
- There is a white sale on bedding this week.
Synonyms and how they differ
- linen sale
- A more general term for a sale of linens; it does not have the traditional January timing of a white sale.
- bedding sale
- Focuses specifically on bedsheets and related items, while a white sale can also include towels and other household textiles.
Commonly confused: white sale or white sale?
white sale vs white sale
Not to be confused with 'white sale' as a sale of white goods (large appliances like refrigerators), which is a different, less common use.
Practice
What is typically sold at a white sale?
Choose one answer.
A white sale is a sale of linens and household textiles, traditionally white ones. White goods (appliances) are a different category, and paint or wine are not part of the term.
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