Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

distress sale

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.91 in modern English

Syllables: dis-tress sale
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sale that takes place during adverse market conditions for the seller, and thus raises less money than might have been expected.

Inflected Forms

distress sales (plural) distressed sale (alternative)

Phrases

distress selling distressed selling

Frequently Paired Words

distress selling distressed selling

Questions

What does distress sale mean?: A sale that takes place during adverse market conditions for the seller, and thus raises less money than might have been expected.

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