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flash sale

flash sale noun: a sale of merchandise where the prices are greatly reduced, but lasting for only a short period of time.

Noun

flash sale (countable and uncountable, plural flash sales)

  1. A sale of merchandise where the prices are greatly reduced, but lasting for only a short period of time.
    • Northern is one operator that is moving to combat the perception of rising fares, as it runs its flash sale of one million tickets for £1. This runs until October 20, or while stocks last.2022 September 7, Philip Haigh, “Comment: More strikes and poor morale”, in RAIL, number 965, page 3

Forms of flash sale

pluralflash sales

Questions about flash sale

What does flash sale mean?
Flash sale means a sale of merchandise where the prices are greatly reduced, but lasting for only a short period of time.
What part of speech is flash sale?
Flash sale is a noun.
What is the plural of flash sale?
The plural of flash sale is flash sales.

Words near flash sale in the dictionary

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