For one thing, the sale involves a transfer of assets that are already United States-owned.

The sale involved 4.125 million barrels, delivered over several weeks.

The sale involves two office buildings, encompassing 104,000 square feet, which are 58 percent leased, on an 11-acre site with a pond.

In some cases a sale will involve rewriting history.

Not anytime soon, it said, arguing that the data is irrelevant because a typical sale involves four visits to its various channels.

The sale involved sophisticated milling machines used to make submarine propellers.

The sale involves a refinancing of old bonds that was expected to save the city at least $100 million in borrowing costs.

A short sale involves borrowing a security, and then selling the borrowed shares, in a bet that the price will decline.

A short sale involves a bet that a stock price will fall.

The Israeli government has assured administration officials that the sale does not involve American technology.