The definition you found is for one use of “sale”:

These items are for sale.

Wordnet’s full item is specifically referred to sales agreements which is a legal term and explains the smatter of legalize. WordNet also listed this definition which is probably closer to your intended use:

an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices; “they held a sale to reduce their inventory”; “I got some great bargains at their annual sales”

This concept is typically a simple one-off idea – a product that will sell for a price where there is no demand and it’s not applicable to anything. Various stores have sales along the lines of “buy one, get one free”/”buy one get one free” etc., that they have. ” Here the reduction in price is implicit because you are getting an extra product instead of paying less.

Whats the point of marketing, etc in business if it doesn’t matter? How do I get people to download my product? What is a “100% off offer”?

The definition you found is for one use of “sale”:

These items are for sale.

Wordnet’s full item is specifically referred to sales agreements which is a legal term and explains the smatter of legalize. WordNet also listed this definition which is probably closer to your intended use:

an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices; “they held a sale to reduce their inventory”; “I got some great bargains at their annual sales”

This concept is typically a simple one-off idea – a product that will sell for a price where there is no demand and it’s not applicable to anything. Various stores have sales along the lines of “buy one, get one free”/”buy one get one free” etc., that they have. ” Here the reduction in price is implicit because you are getting an extra product instead of paying less.

Whats the point of marketing, etc in business if it doesn’t matter? How do I get people to download my product? What is a “100% off offer”?

The definition you found is for one use of “sale”:

These items are for sale.

Wordnet’s full item is specifically referred to sales agreements which is a legal term and explains the smatter of legalize. WordNet also listed this definition which is probably closer to your intended use:

an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices; “they held a sale to reduce their inventory”; “I got some great bargains at their annual sales”

This concept is typically a simple one-off idea – a product that will sell for a price where there is no demand and it’s not applicable to anything. Various stores have sales along the lines of “buy one, get one free”/”buy one get one free” etc., that they have. ” Here the reduction in price is implicit because you are getting an extra product instead of paying less.

Whats the point of marketing, etc in business if it doesn’t matter? How do I get people to download my product? What is a “100% off offer”?

The definition you found is for one use of “sale”:

These items are for sale.

Wordnet’s full item is specifically referred to sales agreements which is a legal term and explains the smatter of legalize. WordNet also listed this definition which is probably closer to your intended use:

an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices; “they held a sale to reduce their inventory”; “I got some great bargains at their annual sales”

This concept is typically a simple one-off idea – a product that will sell for a price where there is no demand and it’s not applicable to anything. Various stores have sales along the lines of “buy one, get one free”/”buy one get one free” etc., that they have. ” Here the reduction in price is implicit because you are getting an extra product instead of paying less.

Whats the point of marketing, etc in business if it doesn’t matter? How do I get people to download my product? What is a “100% off offer”?

The definition you found is for one use of “sale”:

These items are for sale.

Wordnet’s full item is specifically referred to sales agreements which is a legal term and explains the smatter of legalize. WordNet also listed this definition which is probably closer to your intended use:

an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices; “they held a sale to reduce their inventory”; “I got some great bargains at their annual sales”

This concept is typically a simple one-off idea – a product that will sell for a price where there is no demand and it’s not applicable to anything. Various stores have sales along the lines of “buy one, get one free”/”buy one get one free” etc., that they have. ” Here the reduction in price is implicit because you are getting an extra product instead of paying less.

Whats the point of marketing, etc in business if it doesn’t matter? How do I get people to download my product? What is a “100% off offer”?

The definition you found is for one use of “sale”:

These items are for sale.

Wordnet’s full item is specifically referred to sales agreements which is a legal term and explains the smatter of legalize. WordNet also listed this definition which is probably closer to your intended use:

an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices; “they held a sale to reduce their inventory”; “I got some great bargains at their annual sales”

This concept is typically a simple one-off idea – a product that will sell for a price where there is no demand and it’s not applicable to anything. Various stores have sales along the lines of “buy one, get one free”/”buy one get one free” etc., that they have. ” Here the reduction in price is implicit because you are getting an extra product instead of paying less.

Whats the point of marketing, etc in business if it doesn’t matter? How do I get people to download my product? What is a “100% off offer”?

Within the context of an environment that actually needs to distinguish between “find if there” and “find if there; create and find if not” there is likely a specific term used already. I would double check to see if there is a preference in your field or from your colleagues.

If that fails, here is how I see the options. Get “Get” mildly assumes

something

will be found; if not, the scope should be extended until a simple skeleton is found, with no meaningful result. It also suggests obtaining or returning with the object.

Get me a cola.

She is an elderly woman, if she can’t get me a sweater. I hate her. She can’t get me any sweater. She is an adult. She doesn’t have a sweater.

How could a response of just “I couldn’t find one” read “Then go get me one! “? ” ” implies going to the store or looking harder.

Strongly

assumes that something exists and you need to locate it. src, eml, all of it. &pl #): for fast response.

How do I find the key?

How do we find a criminal.

A punster could just as easily justify responding to “find me a Coke” without using the coke and letting the requester know the coke was found instead of contacting the person who provided it to her/his friend. What implication does it take for bringing the object back?

retrieve

is generally used for looking up information or fetching something that is already known and located: go

retrieve the files on the Anderson case.

This dog tries to retrieve the ducks from its environment and barks when they fetch their food.

What are other computer related terms?

Search

Searching again implies that something does exist and you need to find it. I personally consider “search”, more applicable for potently not existing; “find” seems more appropriate for something you know exists though a child can be abused. What’s the way in which searching for extraterrestrial life takes time?

Where would you make a good camp?

where

the word obtain implies possession more than existence but it would be a little difficult to obtain something that doesn’t exist. I don’t generally relate “obtain” to searching for anything at all; the object is already known or located and you want to own it.

To whom you aspired, he gained greatness.

We collected a rare collection of antiques.

What belongs to the jewel?

find

The implications of “location” are much more physical. Is this applied to objects you have lost and would like to leave behind? Locating carries little to no implication of returning with the object.

How do I find my child?

Where is Red 5?

Is there always pressure to relocate the current project?

The idea of actually creating an object if one isn’t found seems most applicable to these terms:

• get
• obtain
• retrieve

These are have a stronger implication of actually returning with an object and a weaker implication of finding an object. I would personally use “get” as it seems to fit this pattern the best:

Get me a coke.

I couldn’t find one.

What do you think? Get me a coke.

Oh, fine.

The idea of simply reporting if an object exists and, if it does, returning with it matches these options well:

• get
• find
• search’
• I

would use “get” as it more strongly implies that you actually need the object for some reason. “Retrieve” is close but I think it is a little too close to “get” and may be a little confusing.

And such is my reasoning. The summary: Use “get” for finding an object if it exists and creating it if it does not, use “find” for finding an object and doing nothing if it does not exist.

Within the context of an environment that actually needs to distinguish between “find if there” and “find if there; create and find if not” there is likely a specific term used already. I would double check to see if there is a preference in your field or from your colleagues.

If that fails, here is how I see the options. Get “Get” mildly assumes

something

will be found; if not, the scope should be extended until a simple skeleton is found, with no meaningful result. It also suggests obtaining or returning with the object.

Get me a cola.

She is an elderly woman, if she can’t get me a sweater. I hate her. She can’t get me any sweater. She is an adult. She doesn’t have a sweater.

How could a response of just “I couldn’t find one” read “Then go get me one! “? ” ” implies going to the store or looking harder.

Strongly

assumes that something exists and you need to locate it. src, eml, all of it. &pl #): for fast response.

How do I find the key?

How do we find a criminal.

A punster could just as easily justify responding to “find me a Coke” without using the coke and letting the requester know the coke was found instead of contacting the person who provided it to her/his friend. What implication does it take for bringing the object back?

retrieve

is generally used for looking up information or fetching something that is already known and located: go

retrieve the files on the Anderson case.

This dog tries to retrieve the ducks from its environment and barks when they fetch their food.

What are other computer related terms?

Search

Searching again implies that something does exist and you need to find it. I personally consider “search”, more applicable for potently not existing; “find” seems more appropriate for something you know exists though a child can be abused. What’s the way in which searching for extraterrestrial life takes time?

Where would you make a good camp?

where

the word obtain implies possession more than existence but it would be a little difficult to obtain something that doesn’t exist. I don’t generally relate “obtain” to searching for anything at all; the object is already known or located and you want to own it.

To whom you aspired, he gained greatness.

We collected a rare collection of antiques.

What belongs to the jewel?

find

The implications of “location” are much more physical. Is this applied to objects you have lost and would like to leave behind? Locating carries little to no implication of returning with the object.

How do I find my child?

Where is Red 5?

Is there always pressure to relocate the current project?

The idea of actually creating an object if one isn’t found seems most applicable to these terms:

• get
• obtain
• retrieve

These are have a stronger implication of actually returning with an object and a weaker implication of finding an object. I would personally use “get” as it seems to fit this pattern the best:

Get me a coke.

I couldn’t find one.

What do you think? Get me a coke.

Oh, fine.

The idea of simply reporting if an object exists and, if it does, returning with it matches these options well:

• get
• find
• search’
• I

would use “get” as it more strongly implies that you actually need the object for some reason. “Retrieve” is close but I think it is a little too close to “get” and may be a little confusing.

And such is my reasoning. The summary: Use “get” for finding an object if it exists and creating it if it does not, use “find” for finding an object and doing nothing if it does not exist.

Within the context of an environment that actually needs to distinguish between “find if there” and “find if there; create and find if not” there is likely a specific term used already. I would double check to see if there is a preference in your field or from your colleagues.

If that fails, here is how I see the options. Get “Get” mildly assumes

something

will be found; if not, the scope should be extended until a simple skeleton is found, with no meaningful result. It also suggests obtaining or returning with the object.

Get me a cola.

She is an elderly woman, if she can’t get me a sweater. I hate her. She can’t get me any sweater. She is an adult. She doesn’t have a sweater.

How could a response of just “I couldn’t find one” read “Then go get me one! “? ” ” implies going to the store or looking harder.

Strongly

assumes that something exists and you need to locate it. src, eml, all of it. &pl #): for fast response.

How do I find the key?

How do we find a criminal.

A punster could just as easily justify responding to “find me a Coke” without using the coke and letting the requester know the coke was found instead of contacting the person who provided it to her/his friend. What implication does it take for bringing the object back?

retrieve

is generally used for looking up information or fetching something that is already known and located: go

retrieve the files on the Anderson case.

This dog tries to retrieve the ducks from its environment and barks when they fetch their food.

What are other computer related terms?

Search

Searching again implies that something does exist and you need to find it. I personally consider “search”, more applicable for potently not existing; “find” seems more appropriate for something you know exists though a child can be abused. What’s the way in which searching for extraterrestrial life takes time?

Where would you make a good camp?

where

the word obtain implies possession more than existence but it would be a little difficult to obtain something that doesn’t exist. I don’t generally relate “obtain” to searching for anything at all; the object is already known or located and you want to own it.

To whom you aspired, he gained greatness.

We collected a rare collection of antiques.

What belongs to the jewel?

find

The implications of “location” are much more physical. Is this applied to objects you have lost and would like to leave behind? Locating carries little to no implication of returning with the object.

How do I find my child?

Where is Red 5?

Is there always pressure to relocate the current project?

The idea of actually creating an object if one isn’t found seems most applicable to these terms:

• get
• obtain
• retrieve

These are have a stronger implication of actually returning with an object and a weaker implication of finding an object. I would personally use “get” as it seems to fit this pattern the best:

Get me a coke.

I couldn’t find one.

What do you think? Get me a coke.

Oh, fine.

The idea of simply reporting if an object exists and, if it does, returning with it matches these options well:

• get
• find
• search’
• I

would use “get” as it more strongly implies that you actually need the object for some reason. “Retrieve” is close but I think it is a little too close to “get” and may be a little confusing.

And such is my reasoning. The summary: Use “get” for finding an object if it exists and creating it if it does not, use “find” for finding an object and doing nothing if it does not exist.

Within the context of an environment that actually needs to distinguish between “find if there” and “find if there; create and find if not” there is likely a specific term used already. I would double check to see if there is a preference in your field or from your colleagues.

If that fails, here is how I see the options. Get “Get” mildly assumes

something

will be found; if not, the scope should be extended until a simple skeleton is found, with no meaningful result. It also suggests obtaining or returning with the object.

Get me a cola.

She is an elderly woman, if she can’t get me a sweater. I hate her. She can’t get me any sweater. She is an adult. She doesn’t have a sweater.

How could a response of just “I couldn’t find one” read “Then go get me one! “? ” ” implies going to the store or looking harder.

Strongly

assumes that something exists and you need to locate it. src, eml, all of it. &pl #): for fast response.

How do I find the key?

How do we find a criminal.

A punster could just as easily justify responding to “find me a Coke” without using the coke and letting the requester know the coke was found instead of contacting the person who provided it to her/his friend. What implication does it take for bringing the object back?

retrieve

is generally used for looking up information or fetching something that is already known and located: go

retrieve the files on the Anderson case.

This dog tries to retrieve the ducks from its environment and barks when they fetch their food.

What are other computer related terms?

Search

Searching again implies that something does exist and you need to find it. I personally consider “search”, more applicable for potently not existing; “find” seems more appropriate for something you know exists though a child can be abused. What’s the way in which searching for extraterrestrial life takes time?

Where would you make a good camp?

where

the word obtain implies possession more than existence but it would be a little difficult to obtain something that doesn’t exist. I don’t generally relate “obtain” to searching for anything at all; the object is already known or located and you want to own it.

To whom you aspired, he gained greatness.

We collected a rare collection of antiques.

What belongs to the jewel?

find

The implications of “location” are much more physical. Is this applied to objects you have lost and would like to leave behind? Locating carries little to no implication of returning with the object.

How do I find my child?

Where is Red 5?

Is there always pressure to relocate the current project?

The idea of actually creating an object if one isn’t found seems most applicable to these terms:

• get
• obtain
• retrieve

These are have a stronger implication of actually returning with an object and a weaker implication of finding an object. I would personally use “get” as it seems to fit this pattern the best:

Get me a coke.

I couldn’t find one.

What do you think? Get me a coke.

Oh, fine.

The idea of simply reporting if an object exists and, if it does, returning with it matches these options well:

• get
• find
• search’
• I

would use “get” as it more strongly implies that you actually need the object for some reason. “Retrieve” is close but I think it is a little too close to “get” and may be a little confusing.

And such is my reasoning. The summary: Use “get” for finding an object if it exists and creating it if it does not, use “find” for finding an object and doing nothing if it does not exist.