: 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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Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
Note that these discounts are not fire-sale prices.
—John Walkup, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
Dennis Lin, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
The Twins were holding a historic fire sale, unloading 11 players on or just before deadline day.
—Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
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Adjective
Economist Clifford Winston told Newsweek that the immediate effects on travel could depend on whether other airlines seek a merger with Spirit—as JetBlue did between 2022 and 2024—or wait until it is liquidated to buy its aircraft at fire-sale prices.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
Note that these discounts are not fire-sale prices.
—John Walkup, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
Noun
Wednesday’s defeat marked their fifth loss in six games against a pair of teams that held fire sales in July.
—Dennis Lin, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
The Twins were holding a historic fire sale, unloading 11 players on or just before deadline day.
—Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
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“Fire-sale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire-sale. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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