: 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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Robert Ross, Robb Report, 2 Jan. 2026
The patients the campaign would help came from a wide pool of people in need — with debt resold at a fire-sale price.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 18 Sep. 2025
Brian Bennett, Time, 29 Dec. 2025
There is a chance the Clippers enter a fire sale, and players like Zubac could be on the radar for some teams who could use a massive upgrade to their frontcourt.
—Ricardo Sandoval, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
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Adjective
Today, there’s no chance of scooping up a 964 at what used to be fire-sale prices.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 2 Jan. 2026
The patients the campaign would help came from a wide pool of people in need — with debt resold at a fire-sale price.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
Wealthy individuals and sovereign wealth funds are able to invest in stocks and crypto currencies that could increase the President’s wealth and those same investors could launch a fire sale that could reduce their value.
—Brian Bennett, Time, 29 Dec. 2025
There is a chance the Clippers enter a fire sale, and players like Zubac could be on the radar for some teams who could use a massive upgrade to their frontcourt.
—Ricardo Sandoval, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
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“Fire-sale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire-sale. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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