: 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
Andy McCullough, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
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
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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
In Miami’s collective memory, the title that autumn has been eclipsed by the next spring’s fire sale.
—Andy McCullough, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
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
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“Fire-sale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire-sale. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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