"on special" meaning in English

See on special in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase}} on special
  1. (Australia) For sale at a reduced price. Tags: Australia Synonyms: on sale [Australia, US], on offer [Britain]
    Sense id: en-on_special-en-prep_phrase-gbyvVqEf Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for on special meaning in English (1.3kB)

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          "text": "Short grain rice is on special this week.",
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          "ref": "2017 March 22, hmoody, Whirlpool",
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          "ref": "2022, Garry Lee, Nugan Estate",
          "text": "This wine is outstanding. I recently ordered 2 cases of this when it was on special.",
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