: 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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Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Jan. 2025
Large investors are throwing in the towel and selling prime properties at fire-sale prices, because the majority are over-leveraged while vacancies continue to rise, leading to lower cash flow.
—Steve Booren, The Denver Post, 17 Nov. 2024
Pierre Lebrun, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
After trading for All-Star combo guard Donovan Mitchell during the Utah Jazz's 2022 veteran asset fire sale, the Cleveland Cavaliers firmly vaulted themselves into the realm of Eastern Conference near-contenders.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 10 July 2024
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Adjective
In many cases, Russian businesses have been temporarily boosted by the opportunity to acquire the assets of departing Western firms at fire-sale prices.
—Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Jan. 2025
Large investors are throwing in the towel and selling prime properties at fire-sale prices, because the majority are over-leveraged while vacancies continue to rise, leading to lower cash flow.
—Steve Booren, The Denver Post, 17 Nov. 2024
Noun
But the idea that there will be some massive fire sale ahead of March 7 also would be an exaggeration, if for no other reason than the fact the team doesn’t have that many notable pending UFAs.
—Pierre Lebrun, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
After trading for All-Star combo guard Donovan Mitchell during the Utah Jazz's 2022 veteran asset fire sale, the Cleveland Cavaliers firmly vaulted themselves into the realm of Eastern Conference near-contenders.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 10 July 2024
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“Fire-sale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire-sale. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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