inventory-clearance sale
- noun
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venta de liquidación de inventario
- The store is holding an inventory-clearance sale to make room for new merchandise.
Examples
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During the inventory-clearance sale, all items were marked down by up to 70 percent.
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He bought several appliances at the inventory-clearance sale last weekend.
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Don't miss our inventory-clearance sale this weekend!
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The store is having an inventory-clearance sale to make room for new products.
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During the inventory-clearance sale, all items were marked down by up to 70 percent.
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The store is holding an inventory-clearance sale to make room for new merchandise.
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He bought several appliances at the inventory-clearance sale last weekend.
Synonyms
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1.0
A time when shops offer goods at lower prices
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2.1
A sale when a shop sells many items at low prices to make room for new stock
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4.8
A sale with much lower prices to sell remaining goods when a shop closes
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2.2
A short time when shops offer many things at lower prices
An event when shops sell goods at much lower prices for a short time to clear old stock
Antonyms
How Urgent
- US
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3.5
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3.7
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2.1
476
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3.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
inventory-clearance + sale
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from the parts: 'inventory' (stock), 'clearance' (clearing out), and 'sale' (discounted selling), so it denotes a sale to clear out stock. This noun-compound pattern is a regular, cross-linguistically common composition, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would be able to infer the meaning.
Etymology
Inventory-clearance sale comes from the simple idea of a shop 'clearing' its inventory to make room for new goods. Shops sell old or extra items quickly at low prices, so the phrase means a sale to get rid of excess stock fast.