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Indeed, this is the origin of the term "fire sale".
by Arubis 8y ago
Indeed, this is the origin of the term "fire sale".
- btilly 8y agoI'm pretty sure not. The term "fire sale" refers to selling merchandise that survived a fire and therefore would have associated damage. However the policy of negotiating for property at bargain basement prices while there was a fire next door was very notably one of the ways that Marcus Licinius Crassus (a political ally of Julius Caesar) enriched his fortune.
- kbutler 8y agoThis appears to be incorrect, and the usual interpretation of "sale of goods damaged in a fire" is the original. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire-sale https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire-sale