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FIRE SALE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fire sale mean?
• FIRE SALE (noun)
The noun FIRE SALE has 2 senses:
1. a sale of assets at very low prices typically when the seller faces bankruptcy
2. a sale of merchandise supposedly damaged by fire
Familiarity information: FIRE SALE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sale of assets at very low prices typically when the seller faces bankruptcy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("fire sale" is a kind of...):
cut-rate sale; sale; sales event (an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A sale of merchandise supposedly damaged by fire
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("fire sale" is a kind of...):
cut-rate sale; sale; sales event (an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices)
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