fire sale

Etymology
By, from 19th century discount sales of products that had been damaged by fire or that could no longer be stored because the storage facility had been destroyed by fire necessitating immediate sale or loss of value.

Noun

 * 1)  A clearance sale at greatly reduced prices, often at losses.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 清倉甩賣
 * Finnish: poistomyynti
 * German:
 * Thai: โละทิ้ง, ขายโละทิ้ง