fire sale

/ˌfaɪər ˈseɪl/
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Other forms: fire sales

Definitions of fire sale
  1. noun
    a sale of merchandise supposedly damaged by fire
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    type of:
    cut-rate sale, sale, sales event
    an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices
  2. noun
    a sale of assets at very low prices typically when the seller faces bankruptcy
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    type of:
    cut-rate sale, sale, sales event
    an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices
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