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Definition of fire sale noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

fire sale

noun

/ˈfaɪə seɪl/

/ˈfaɪər seɪl/

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a sale at low prices of things that a company or person owns, usually in order to pay debts
- The company was forced to have a fire sale of its assets.
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a sale of goods at low prices because they have been damaged by a fire or because they cannot be stored after a fire

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