English Explanatory Dictionary

fire sale

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A clearance sale at greatly reduced prices, often at losses.

Word forms

fire sale fire sales

Etymology

By metonymy, from 19th century discount sales of products that had been damaged by fire or that could no longer be stored because the storage facility had been destroyed by fire necessitating immediate sale or loss of value.

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