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Definition of Going-out-of-business sale
1. Noun. 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"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Going-out-of-business Sale
Literary usage of Going-out-of-business sale
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lectures on Commerce Delivered Before the College of Commece and by Henry Rand Hatfield (1904)
"... failure is to have a going-out-of- business sale and reduce his stock, get a
collector to collect his outstanding accounts as fast as possible, ..."
2. Lectures on Commerce Delivered Before the College of Commerce and by Henry Rand Hatfield (1907)
"... failure is to have a going-out-of- business sale and reduce his stock, get a
collector to collect his outstanding accounts as fast as possible, ..."
3. The Best of Times: The Worst of Times by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1993)
"A big banner across the top of the window proclaims, “GOING OUT OF BUSINESS SALE.”
In the lower corner of the dirty window a red sign reads, “WARNING! ..."
4. Entropy and Alchemy: The Problem of Individuality in an Age of Society by Edwin Stuart (2003)
"Have a going-out-of-business sale every week, lifetime opportunities daily, fill
the world with geniuses, miracles, one-of-a-kinds. ..."
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