: 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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Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Jan. 2025
Large investors are throwing in the towel and selling prime properties at fire-sale prices, because the majority are over-leveraged while vacancies continue to rise, leading to lower cash flow.
—Steve Booren, The Denver Post, 17 Nov. 2024
Bob Fernandez, ProPublica, 17 Dec. 2024
Much more bruising than that was the summer fire sales that saw a competitive and entertaining team torn apart and rebuilt — partly out of necessity but also because of the realities of staying in the Championship.
—Nancy Froston, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
In many cases, Russian businesses have been temporarily boosted by the opportunity to acquire the assets of departing Western firms at fire-sale prices.
—Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Jan. 2025
Large investors are throwing in the towel and selling prime properties at fire-sale prices, because the majority are over-leveraged while vacancies continue to rise, leading to lower cash flow.
—Steve Booren, The Denver Post, 17 Nov. 2024
Noun
In what amounted to a liability fire sale by the Justice Department, the company’s woes with the federal government would all be resolved by a $200 million payment.
—Bob Fernandez, ProPublica, 17 Dec. 2024
Much more bruising than that was the summer fire sales that saw a competitive and entertaining team torn apart and rebuilt — partly out of necessity but also because of the realities of staying in the Championship.
—Nancy Froston, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
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“Fire-sale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire-sale. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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