"clearance sale" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: clearance sales [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} clearance sale (countable and uncountable, plural clearance sales)
  1. (business) A sale to quickly reduce inventory; a fire sale. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (sale to quickly reduce inventory): poistomyynti (Finnish), Schlussverkauf [masculine] (German), Ausverkauf [masculine] (German), realìzzo [masculine] (Italian), wyprzedaż [feminine] (Polish), распрода́жа (rasprodáža) [feminine, inanimate] (Russian)

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