Meaning of salework | Babel Free

Definitions

Goods made for general sale (as opposed to goods made specially to order).

historical, obsolete, uncountable

Examples

“I see⟳ no more in you than in the ordinary Of nature’s sale-work.”

“1655, Richard Sibbes, A Learned Commentary or Exposition upon the First Chapter of the Second Epistle of S. Paul to the Corinthians, London: Thomas Manton, Commentary on verse 1, p. 9, An hypocrite never cares for that, all his care is for the outward parts, he is sale-work; so his carriage be acceptable to others, all his care is taken, he lives to the view⟳, therefore he looks not to the substance, and the truth, but to the shadow and appearance.”

“Our Poet therefore Sale-work Habits makes, But of particular Men no Measure⟳ takes.”

“Shops may be roughly divided into four kinds: those of craftsmen who did bespoke work⟳, that is, custom work⟳ to order⟳; these are the subject of the chapter following this one. Those of retailers who simply bought and sold, those of artisans who offered “salework” on a take-it-or-leave-it basis, and those of specialists who performed some direct⟳ personal service for the public are dealt with in the present⟳ chapter.”

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