estate sale
estate sale noun: the sale of a person's possessions after their death, normally formalized by the executor of the estate.
Noun
estate sale (plural estate sales)
- The sale of a person's possessions after their death, normally formalized by the executor of the estate.
- She told him she’d gotten the guitar from an estate sale she’d seen on her route. When he asked what that was, she said it was when some old rich parent died at home and that parent’s children wanted to sell all their stuff.2024, Tommy Orange, Wandering Stars, Harvill Secker, page 121
Forms of estate sale
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Questions about estate sale
- What does estate sale mean?
- Estate sale means the sale of a person's possessions after their death, normally formalized by the executor of the estate.
- What part of speech is estate sale?
- Estate sale is a noun.
- What is the plural of estate sale?
- The plural of estate sale is estate sales.
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