: 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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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 9 Mar. 2026
That shows there are alternatives to a fire-sale auction which would allow governments to collect what they’re owed, and homeowners to keep most of the home’s value, AARP argued.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 21 Feb. 2026
Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 9 Apr. 2026
Unlike past Anthropic announcements that resulted in a fire sale of anything and everything investors could think of being even slightly disrupted by AI, this one was a breath of fresh air.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
Speculation had swirled in some circles that if Netflix, which had an agreement last December with the WBD board, hit the rocks in terms of regulation, Paramount could have swooped in down the line and snagged WBD at fire-sale prices.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 9 Mar. 2026
That shows there are alternatives to a fire-sale auction which would allow governments to collect what they’re owed, and homeowners to keep most of the home’s value, AARP argued.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 21 Feb. 2026
Noun
The Home Depot is running a bunch of appealing deals on Makita tools as part of its Spring Black Friday fire sale right now.
—Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 9 Apr. 2026
Unlike past Anthropic announcements that resulted in a fire sale of anything and everything investors could think of being even slightly disrupted by AI, this one was a breath of fresh air.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2026
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“Fire-sale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire-sale. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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