doorbuster
/ˈdȯr-ˌbə-stər/ (ame, mw)
doorbuster — noun
1. A product that a shop sells at an extremely low price for a short time, mainly t
A product that a shop sells at an extremely low price for a short time, mainly to get people into the store, where the business hopes they will also buy other items at normal prices.
The electronics store offered a doorbuster deal on the latest gaming console for Black Friday.
collocation: doorbuster deal
Shoppers camped outside the mall overnight hoping to grab the doorbuster items before they sold out.
collocation: doorbuster items / sold out
Mei-Lin was disappointed that all the doorbuster products were already gone by the time she arrived.
Amir picked up a laptop at a doorbuster price — nearly half the usual cost.
The department store advertised doorbuster specials on home appliances every hour during the sale event.
- loss leader
A product sold at a loss to attract customers; more specific — doorbusters may or may not be sold at an actual loss.
- special offer
A broader term covering any temporary price reduction, not necessarily an extremely low price meant to lure people into the store.
- discount item
General; may refer to any reduced-price product without the urgency or door-opening strategy implied by doorbuster.
文法句型
doorbuster + noun (used attributively)
用法筆記
Common in advertising and news reports about major shopping events such as Black Friday, Cyber Monday, or end-of-season clearance sales. Frequently used as an adjective before nouns like deal, price, item, special, and sale.