English > sale: 5 senses > noun 3, act| Meaning | An occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices. |
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| Examples | - "they held a sale to reduce their inventory"
- "I got some great bargains at their annual sale"
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| Synonyms | cut-rate sale, sales event |
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| Narrower | bazaar, fair | A sale of miscellany |
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| car boot sale, boot sale | An outdoor sale at which people sell things from the trunk of their car |
| clearance sale, inventory-clearance sale | A sale to reduce inventory |
| closeout | A sale intended to dispose of all remaining stock |
| fire sale | A sale of merchandise supposedly damaged by fire |
| fire sale | A sale of assets at very low prices typically when the seller faces bankruptcy |
| garage sale, yard sale | An outdoor sale of used personal or household items held on the seller's premises |
| going-out-of-business sale | A sale of all the tangible assets of a business that is about to close |
| realization, realisation | A sale in order to obtain money (as a sale of stock or a sale of the estate of a bankrupt person) or the money so obtained |
| rummage sale, jumble sale | A sale of donated articles |
| selloff | A sale of a relatively large number of assets (stocks or bonds or commodities) at a low price / price typically done to dispose of them rather than as normal trade |
| white sale | A sale of household linens |
| Broader | occasion | An opportunity to do something |
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| Spanish | liquidación, rebajas, saldo |
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| Catalan | rebaixes |
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