: 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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John Walkup, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
These traders then built a massive mortgage portfolio which quickly blew up when the 2008 crisis hit, with Merrill losing billions practically overnight and forced into a fire-sale merger with Bank of America.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 10 July 2025
Air Mail, 21 June 2025
In six years, Horner had taken Red Bull from a £1 fire sale to double world champions.
—Luke Smith, New York Times, 11 July 2025
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Adjective
Note that these discounts are not fire-sale prices.
—John Walkup, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
These traders then built a massive mortgage portfolio which quickly blew up when the 2008 crisis hit, with Merrill losing billions practically overnight and forced into a fire-sale merger with Bank of America.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 10 July 2025
Noun
Engulfed in lawsuits, and with their fortune frozen amid an ongoing anti-corruption fraud investigation, Mone and her husband, Doug Barrowman, have spent the past few months conducting a fire sale of their U.K. properties.
—Air Mail, 21 June 2025
In six years, Horner had taken Red Bull from a £1 fire sale to double world champions.
—Luke Smith, New York Times, 11 July 2025
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“Fire-sale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire-sale. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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