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scavenger sale

scavenger sale noun: the sale of a property whose previous tenants were ejected for not paying rent.

Noun

scavenger sale (plural scavenger sales)

  1. The sale of a property whose previous tenants were ejected for not paying rent.
    • The remaining lots were subsequently lost on scavenger sales because of some $140,000 in delinquent taxes.1947, Reports of the Tax Court of the United States, volume 8, page 906

Forms of scavenger sale

pluralscavenger sales

Questions about scavenger sale

What does scavenger sale mean?
Scavenger sale means the sale of a property whose previous tenants were ejected for not paying rent.
What part of speech is scavenger sale?
Scavenger sale is a noun.
What is the plural of scavenger sale?
The plural of scavenger sale is scavenger sales.

Words near scavenger sale in the dictionary

  1. scavenger beetles
  2. scavenger crab
  3. scavenger crabs
  4. scavenger hunt
  5. scavenger hunts
  6. scavenger sale
  7. scavenger sales
  8. scavenger's daughter
  9. scavenger's daughters
  10. scavengered
  11. scavengering

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