売

day something goes on sale; date of issue; release date

resale

けいばい usu. in legal contexts

auction

special sale; bargain sale

Dated term

patent

Colloquial

one's specialty (party piece, etc.)

illicit sale; smuggling; bootlegging; trafficking

to be profitable (business); to pay; to be in the black

high-pressure selling; aggressive peddling; the hard sell; high-pressure salesman

forcing on someone (e.g. kindness)

Idiomatic expression

to loaf around (on the job); to idle one's time away; to dawdle

to coquet (of a woman); to entice a customer (of a prostitute)

to flatter; to butter up

chancy trade or business with uncertain profitability

night entertainment business (e.g. hostess bar); nightlife business

service business (hotels, restaurants, etc.); service industry; hospitality industry

stock-in-trade; tools of one's trade

selling oneself (into bondage; esp. of a prostitute)

selling out (to a competitor); selling off

business rival; professional jealousy

to sell like hot cakes; to fly off the shelves

street vendor; peddler

store; shop

thriving (prosperous) business; rush of business

ticket machine; ticket-vending machine

display and sale of new products

Sensitive

prostitution; prostitute

new release; putting (a new product) on sale; launch

monopoly; monopolization; exclusive sales rights