: of, relating to, selling, or being discounted merchandise
an off-price store
off-price apparel

Examples of off-price in a Sentence

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The selling in off-price retailer TJX is way overdone. Jim Cramer, CNBC, 27 May 2025 Ross Stores, a pioneer in off-price retail, leverages surplus inventory to provide significant brand discounts. Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025 Founded in 1901 as a shoe retailer, Nordstrom Inc. operates 93 Nordstrom department stores, about 300 Rack off-price stores, and six Nordstrom Locals, which operate as service hubs. David Moin, Footwear News, 20 May 2025 Workers there sort, clean and repackage the items, then post them for sale on an array of websites where consumers, wholesalers and off-price retailers hunt for discounts. Ken Belson, New York Times, 15 May 2025 Currently, Burlington has approximately 1,100 off-price stores nationwide, generating $10.6 billion in volume over the last 12 months. David Moin, Footwear News, 13 May 2025 Retailers on the ropes with only the big three: Amazon , Costco , and Walmart — plus off-price retailer TJX thriving? Jim Cramer, CNBC, 11 May 2025 New moms will be struggling to clothe their children, teenagers can’t afford new fast-fashion, young adults might abandon department stores to head for off-price clothing, and lines are starting to form in front of Goodwill Industry stores. Rick Helfenbein, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025 Then, in 1982, a group of investors bought a total of six Ross department stores and converted them to the Ross Dress For Less off-price format, Ross Stores Inc. said on its website. Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 24 Apr. 2025

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First Known Use

1952, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of off-price was in 1952

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“Off-price.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/off-price. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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