Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fire_sale

2 senses of fire sale

Sense 1
fire sale -- (a sale of assets at very low prices typically when the seller faces bankruptcy)
       => sale, cut-rate sale, sales event -- (an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices; "they held a sale to reduce their inventory"; "I got some great bargains at their annual sale")

Sense 2
fire sale -- (a sale of merchandise supposedly damaged by fire)
       => sale, cut-rate sale, sales event -- (an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices; "they held a sale to reduce their inventory"; "I got some great bargains at their annual sale")