sale vs going-out-of-business sale

going-out-of-business sale vs sale

sale and going-out-of-business sale both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sale	Yes	No	No	No
going-out-of-business sale	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, going-out-of-business sale is a hyponym of sale; that is, going-out-of-business sale is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than sale:

sale: an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices
going-out-of-business sale: a sale of all the tangible assets of a business that is about to close

Other hyponyms of sale include bazaar, fair, boot sale, car boot sale, clearance sale, inventory-clearance sale, closeout, fire sale, fire sale, garage sale, yard sale, realisation, realization, jumble sale, rummage sale, selloff, white sale.

sale (noun)	going-out-of-business sale (noun)
a particular instance of selling	a sale of all the tangible assets of a business that is about to close
an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices
the general activity of selling
an agreement (or contract) in which property is transferred from the seller (vendor) to the buyer (vendee) for a fixed price in money (paid or agreed to be paid by the buyer)
the state of being purchasable; offered or exhibited for selling

Difference between sale and going-out-of-business sale

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