clearance sale
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- noun
- /ˈklɪrəns seɪl/
- Don't miss the clearance sale before the store closes for good; everything must go at low prices.
- end-of-season clearance sale
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Watch on YouTubeThere's only one week left for Jenny Cells summer clearance sale.
- There's only one week left for Jenny Cells summer clearance sale.
- There's only one week left for Jenicell's summer clearance sale.
- And then last thing, I picked this up at the sale, big annual super clearance sale at Victoria's Secret.
Examples
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They saved money by buying smaller plants at their nursery's fall clearance sales and planting babies.
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And then last thing, I picked this up at the sale, big annual super clearance sale at Victoria's Secret.
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All the Way Down is having a clearance sale to open space for new items.
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It's Crazy Eddie's greatest clearance sale ever.
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Only $5, clearance sale at Haymart.
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I usually only shop at clearance sales, or if I see something I want, I try to buy it online because someone usually has it for less.
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Stores are trying to make every sale they can via year-end clearance sales.
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Don't miss the ultimate fall clearance sale!
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I bought these during a clearance sale from my local running store at last winter's closeouts, so I got them for a steal.
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She grabs a dress off the clearance sale rack, ripping off the "HALF PRICE" tag.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
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1.0
A time when shops offer goods at lower prices
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4.2
People sell goods at very low prices because they must sell quickly
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A sale with much lower prices to sell remaining goods when a shop closes
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A sale where a shop sells everything at low prices because it is closing
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A short time when shops offer many things at lower prices
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A sale of most goods at low prices when a business closes down
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2.7
An event when shops sell goods at much lower prices for a short time to clear old stock
A shop event to sell old or extra items at low prices
Antonyms
How Discounted
Surface Forms
Morphology
clearance + sale
The phrase is compositionally built from 'clearance' (the act of clearing out) + 'sale' (selling, often discounted), so a learner who knows both constituents can infer it is a sale intended to clear out stock. This follows a common noun+noun composition pattern and has direct cross-linguistic parallels, making the meaning immediately derivable.
Etymology
Clearance sale: The noun clearance sale comes from shops wanting to make space: clearance means making shelves empty and sale means selling goods, so stores cut prices to 'clear out' items. That's why it means 'an event to sell off remaining stock'.