bring-and-buy (sale)

  • 1bring and buy sale — A charity sale at which those who attend both bring items to be sold, and buy other items • • • Main Entry: ↑bring * * * bring and buy sale UK US noun [countable] [singular bring and buy sale plural …

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  • 2bring-and-buy sale — bring and buy sales N COUNT A bring and buy sale is an informal sale to raise money for a charity or other organization. People who come to the sale bring things to be sold and buy things that other people have brought. [BRIT] …

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  • 3bring-and-buy sale — noun, pl ⋯ sales [count] Brit : a sale to which people bring things for others to buy usually in order to raise money for charity * * * ˌbring and ˈbuy sale [bring and buy sale] noun (BrE) a sale, usually for charity, at which people bring things …

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  • 4bring and buy sale — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms bring and buy sale : singular bring and buy sale plural bring and buy sales a sale to which people bring things they want to sell, and buy things other people have brought …

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  • 5bring-and-buy sale — noun Brit. a charity sale at which people donate things to sell and buy those brought by others …

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  • 6bring-and-buy — noun A small scale sale where people bring items to sell and buy others items. The money raised usually goes towards charity. There was a bring and buy on in the village green. Syn: bring and buy sale …

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  • 7bring-and-buy — adj. Bring and buy is used with these nouns: ↑sale …

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  • 8bring — v.tr. (past and past part. brought) 1 a come conveying esp. by carrying or leading. b come with. 2 cause to come or be present (what brings you here?). 3 cause or result in (war brings misery). 4 be sold for; produce as income. 5 a prefer (a… …

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  • 9sale — noun 1 act of selling sth; occasion when things are sold ADJECTIVE ▪ quick ▪ The price is low to ensure a quick sale. ▪ illegal ▪ the illegal sale of alcohol ▪ art …

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  • 10sale — W1S2 [seıl] n [Date: 1000 1100; : Old Norse; Origin: sala] 1.) [U and C] when you sell something sale of ▪ The use and sale of marijuana remains illegal. ▪ Harvey gets a $50 commission every time he makes a sale (=sells something as part of his… …

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