Meanings
nounestate sale (plural estate sales)
plural estate sales
- lawThe sale of a person's possessions after their death, normally formalized by the executor of the estate.
She told him she’d gotten the guitar from an estate sale she’d seen on her route. When he asked what that was, she said it was when some old rich parent died at home and that parent’s children wanted to sell all their stuff.
2024, Tommy Orange, Wandering Stars, Harvill Secker, page 121
Translations
German Wohnungsauflösung, Haushaltsauflösung
- Wohnungsauflösungsale of a person's possessions after their death
- Haushaltsauflösungsale of a person's possessions after their death
Polish sprzedaż nieruchomości
- sprzedaż nieruchomościsale of a person's possessions after their death
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APA
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Chicago
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