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FIRE SALE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sale of merchandise supposedly damaged by fire
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("fire sale" is a kind of...):
cut-rate sale; sale; sales event (an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A sale of assets at very low prices typically when the seller faces bankruptcy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("fire sale" is a kind of...):
cut-rate sale; sale; sales event (an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices)
