white sale

white sale
   an occasion when concessions are freely given
   There is recurrent heavy discounting by retailers of white goods, bedlinen, and domestic appliances. Some figurative use:
    I got him everything. It was a white sale at the U.S. Attorney's office. (Turow, 1990)

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  • white sale — white ,sale noun count AMERICAN a sale of things such as sheets and TOWELS in a store …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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  • white sale — n. a sale of household linens …   English World dictionary

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  • White sale — A white sale is a marketing strategy where a store steeply discounts its merchandise to increase sales during a short period of time. OriginsIn 1878, John Wanamaker of Philadelphia department store fame decreed January to be the time for a white… …   Wikipedia

  • white sale — {n.} The selling, especially at lower prices, of goods or clothing usually made of white cloth. * /Mother always buys many things at the January white sale to save money./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • white sale — {n.} The selling, especially at lower prices, of goods or clothing usually made of white cloth. * /Mother always buys many things at the January white sale to save money./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

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  • white sale — selling at reduced prices of towels, linens, etc. We went to the white sale at the department store last Saturday …   Idioms and examples

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