forced sale

collocation in English

meaningsofforcedandsale

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forced
adjective
uk
/fɔːst/us
/fɔːrst/
done against ...
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sale
noun
uk
/seɪl/us
/seɪl/
an act of exchanging something ...
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(Definition offorcedandsalefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofforced sale

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Later, when the property is eventually sold, the lender should get a better price than he would from aforcedsalenow.
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It may aim to be so, but it is complete nonsense to talk about a fair market price in the context of aforcedsale.
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That is really aforcedsaleand the shares may be bought too cheaply.
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The remaining three-quarters of their assets were credit risks, or a combination offorcedsaleand credit risks.
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Theforcedsaleof an agricultural property inflicts great hardship and has the effect of depressing agriculture permanently over a wide area.
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The other point is theforcedsaleof assets.
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As a matter of fact, it is aforcedsale, and he will be lucky to get £250.
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There is a danger that, in aforcedsale, brought about by taxation, the ownership of the company could go to a foreigner.
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It concerns what is to be the date from which interest on compensation for loss by aforcedsaleshould be payable.
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The executors say it ought to be the price at aforcedsale.
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There is no precedent whatsoever for making aforcedsalebased on values of three years previously.
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There is a case for a better rate of compensation for theforcedsaleof commercial premises to reflect the goodwill inherent in the properties.
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We know what the land would fetch on aforcedsaleat the date of death, and it is always a knocked down value.
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These gains are particularly unacceptable under the conditions of aforcedsale.
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I hope that there will be noforcedsale.
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There is provision, of course, for taking into account theforcedsaleof live or dead stock.
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An additional upward pressure on prices will be the requirement to service significant levels of acquisition debt despite theforcedsaleof assets.
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Instead of selling when the sale would be most favourable, in some circumstances there was almost the flavour of aforcedsale.
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They are committed to reducing national health service waiting lists and stopping theforcedsaleof care homes.
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There may be aforcedsaleunder exceptional circumstances.
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