: 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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Shawn Tully, Fortune, 26 Jan. 2024
As a result of the unintended consequences of U.S. and European actions in financial markets, there is now the possibility that, even with this latest bailout, China could buy such sensitive assets from Europe, at fire-sale prices.
—Mark Blyth, Foreign Affairs, 25 July 2011
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Adjective
But the Great Financial Crisis sent the finance arm reeling, and in 2015, Immelt sold its assets at fire-sale prices to such buyers as Wells Fargo and Blackstone.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 26 Jan. 2024
As a result of the unintended consequences of U.S. and European actions in financial markets, there is now the possibility that, even with this latest bailout, China could buy such sensitive assets from Europe, at fire-sale prices.
—Mark Blyth, Foreign Affairs, 25 July 2011
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“Fire-sale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire-sale. Accessed 30 May. 2024.
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