forced landing
emergency landing | an unscheduled airplane landing that is made under circumstances (engine failure or adverse weather) not under the pilot's control |
short sale
short selling | sale of securities or commodity futures not owned by the seller (who hopes to buy them back later at a lower price) |
auction
auction sale
vendue | the public sale of something to the highest bidder |
forced feeding
gavage | feeding that consists of the delivery of a nutrient solution (as through a nasal tube) to someone who cannot or will not eat |
| sale | a particular instance of selling, he has just made his first sale, they had to complete the sale before the banks closed |
| sale | the general activity of selling, they tried to boost sales, laws limit the sale of handguns |
sale cutate sale
sales event | an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices, they held a sale to reduce their inventory, I got some great bargains at their annual sale |
car boot sale
boot sale | an outdoor sale at which people sell things from the trunk of their car |
clearance sale
inventorylearance sale | a sale to reduce inventory |
| fire sale | a sale of merchandise supposedly damaged by fire |
| fire sale | a sale of assets at very low prices typically when the seller faces bankruptcy |
garage sale
yard sale | an outdoor sale of used personal or household items held on the seller's premises |
| going-out-of-business sale | a sale of all the tangible assets of a business that is about to close, during the Great Depression going-out-of-business sales were very common |
rummage sale
jumble sale | a sale of donated articles |
| white sale | a sale of household linens |
sale
sales agreement | an agreement (or contract) in which property is transferred from the seller (vendor) to the buyer (vendee) for a fixed price in money (paid or agreed to be paid by the buyer), the salesman faxed the sales agreement to his home office |
| conditional sale | a sale in which the buyer receives title to the property only upon the performance of some condition (usually the full payment of the purchase price) |
sale in gross
contract of hazard | a sale of a tract of land as a whole without a warranty as to the acreage |
sheriff's sale
execution sale
judicial sale
forced sale | a sale of property by the sheriff under authority of a court's writ of execution in order satisfy an unpaid obligation |
| bill of sale | a deed transferring personal property |
| conditional sale | a security interest taken by the seller in return for credit |
| sale | the state of being purchasable, offered or exhibited for selling, you'll find vitamin C for sale at most pharmacies, the new line of cars will soon be on sale |
constrained
forced
strained | lacking spontaneity, not natural, a constrained smile, forced heartiness, a strained smile |
purchasable
for sale | available for purchase, purchasable goods, many houses in the area are for sale |
| forced | made necessary by an unexpected situation or emergency, a forced landing |
| forced | forced or compelled, promised to abolish forced labor |
| point-of-sale | of or relating to or being the location where something is purchased |
| forced | produced by or subjected to forcing, forced-air heating, furnaces of the forced-convection type, forced convection in plasma generators |