: heavily discounted
fire-sale prices
: a sale of merchandise damaged in a fire
also
: a sale at very low prices
Examples of fire-sale in a Sentence
Noun
The company is having a fire sale of its old office equipment.
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Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
Other European powers sold assets at fire-sale prices to fund the war, borrowing heavily from the one major player that stood aloof until close to the end: the United States.
—David McWilliams, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
Paul Tassi, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
Adults struggled to react – selling most of their belongings at fire sale prices.
—Mary Laporte, Hartford Courant, 19 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
Not surprisingly, high-rises are being unloaded at fire-sale prices or heading to foreclosure.
—Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
Other European powers sold assets at fire-sale prices to fund the war, borrowing heavily from the one major player that stood aloof until close to the end: the United States.
—David McWilliams, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
George Lucas sold Star Wars for $4 billion to Disney in 2012, who has already made far, far more than that with the property, which makes that looks like a fire sale.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
Adults struggled to react – selling most of their belongings at fire sale prices.
—Mary Laporte, Hartford Courant, 19 Mar. 2025
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“Fire-sale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire-sale. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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