liquidation sale
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- noun
- /ˌlɪkwɪˈdeɪʃən seɪl/
- We hear that the stores may only be around for another 7 weeks or so, so get ready to go on a shopping spree once the liquidation sales start, and use your gift cards today!
Examples
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The local bookstore is having a liquidation sale as it prepares to close its doors for good.
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And, this weekend only, take advantage of our special liquidation sale.
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Not anymore," he said, sitting behind a large desk in an office decorated with the paintings of cool older homes he said he happened upon at a hotel liquidation sale.
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Liquidation sale.
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This weekend, we are hosting a liquidation sale with discounts of up to 70% on all items.
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You can find great deals on electronics during the liquidation sale happening at the former appliance store.
Synonyms
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Closing a business and selling its assets to pay debts
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People sell goods at very low prices because they must sell quickly
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A sale when a shop sells many items at low prices to make room for new stock
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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
A shop event to sell old or extra items at low prices
How Final
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is directly compositional: 'liquidation' (winding up/selling assets) + 'sale' (selling goods) yields a sale that occurs because a business is being liquidated. This straightforward cause–event relationship is common cross-linguistically (e.g. Spanish 'venta de liquidación') and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Liquidation sale comes from liquidation, meaning 'turning things into money', and sale, meaning 'selling'. When a business is 'closing down' it sells almost everything to get money, often at 'reduced prices', so the phrase means a big final sale to clear out a company's goods.