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| Noun | 1. | sales event - an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices; "they held a sale to reduce their inventory"; "I got some great bargains at their annual sale"bazaar, fair - a sale of miscellany; often for charity; "the church bazaar" closeout - a sale intended to dispose of all remaining stock fire sale - a sale of merchandise supposedly damaged by fire fire sale - a sale of assets at very low prices typically when the seller faces bankruptcy garage sale, yard sale - an outdoor sale of used personal or household items held on the seller's premises going-out-of-business sale - a sale of all the tangible assets of a business that is about to close; "during the Great Depression going-out-of-business sales were very common" realisation, realization - a sale in order to obtain money (as a sale of stock or a sale of the estate of a bankrupt person) or the money so obtained selloff - a sale of a relatively large number of assets (stocks or bonds or commodities) at a low price typically done to dispose of them rather than as normal trade occasion - an opportunity to do something; "there was never an occasion for her to demonstrate her skill" |