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- adjective Like or resembling a
fire sale .
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Examples
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Big banks worried about having to sell at fire-sale prices while small banks feared they would be shut out.
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During the winter, banks and mortgage investors stepped up their liquidations of foreclosed properties at fire-sale prices, sending home-price indexes lower.
Declines in Home Prices Ease Nick Timiraos 2011
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Besides, the United States can now borrow money from the rest of the world at fire-sale rates.
Robert Reich: The American Jobs Depression, and How to Get Out of It Robert Reich 2011
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Big banks worried about having to sell at fire-sale prices while small banks feared they would be shut out.
Wonk Room 2009
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Besides, the United States can now borrow money from the rest of the world at fire-sale rates.
Robert Reich: The American Jobs Depression, and How to Get Out of It Robert Reich 2011
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Besides, the United States can now borrow money from the rest of the world at fire-sale rates.
Robert Reich: The American Jobs Depression, and How to Get Out of It Robert Reich 2011
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Howell left his fire-sale furniture for the super.
Lorelei 2010
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The pressure on Irish banks, which mostly have been nationalized due to losses suffered in the global downturn, to reduce their loans raised hopes among investors that they would accept fire-sale prices.
Irish Banks Shed U.S. Loan Holdings Eliot Brown 2011
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Another reason, according to a person familiar with the decision, was the companies couldn't sell the necessary assets at better than fire-sale prices, because buyers knew the assets had to be sold to please regulators.
Sanofi-Aventis, Merck End Animal Health-Care Plans Jeanne Whalen 2011
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Besides, the United States can now borrow money from the rest of the world at fire-sale rates.
Robert Reich: The American Jobs Depression, and How to Get Out of It Robert Reich 2011
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