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cut-rate sale vs fire sale

fire sale vs cut-rate sale

cut-rate sale and fire sale both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
cut-rate sale Yes No No No
fire sale Yes No No No
As nouns, fire sale is a hyponym of cut-rate sale; that is, fire sale is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than cut-rate sale:
  • cut-rate sale: an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices
  • fire sale: a sale of merchandise supposedly damaged by fire
cut-rate sale (noun) fire sale (noun)
an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices a sale of merchandise supposedly damaged by fire
a sale of assets at very low prices typically when the seller faces bankruptcy
Difference between cut-rate sale and fire sale

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