forced sale

noun

Law.

1. a sale held as a result of a judicial order.

Word History and Origins

Origin of forced sale¹

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

Example Sentences

In another instance of a tech giant avoiding the forced sale of a key business because the industry is evolving so quickly, a federal judge ruled that Meta Platforms isn’t an illegal monopoly.

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The various bonds you make from those loans will go bad not as the loans go bad but months later, after a lot of tedious foreclosures and bankruptcies and forced sales.

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All three concluded that this deal was evidence of a "forced sale" - a term widely used to describe the dispossession of Jewish assets under the Nazis.

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Over 1,100 works from Goudstikker's collection were bought up in a forced sale by senior Nazis after his death, including Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring.

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Some experts questioned whether any changes, even a forced sale of Chrome, would be effective in getting people to use other search engines.

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