noun
an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices
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they held a sale to reduce their inventory
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I got some great bargains at their annual sale
• Syn: ↑sale, ↑cut-rate sale
• Hypernyms: ↑occasion
• Hyponyms:
↑bazaar, ↑fair, ↑car boot sale, ↑boot sale, ↑clearance sale, ↑inventory-clearance sale, ↑closeout, ↑fire sale, ↑garage sale, ↑yard sale, ↑going-out-of-business sale, ↑realization, ↑realisation, ↑rummage sale, ↑jumble sale, ↑selloff, ↑white sale
Useful english dictionary. 2012.