sell by public auction
1auction — [ôk′shən] n. [L auctio, an increasing, sale by increase of bids < auctus, pp. of augere, to increase: see WAX2] 1. a public sale at which items are sold one by one, each going to the last and highest of a series of competing bidders 2. AUCTION …
2auction — ► NOUN ▪ a public sale in which goods or property are sold to the highest bidder. ► VERB ▪ sell at an auction. ORIGIN Latin, increase, auction , from augere to increase …
3sell at the spear — sell at a public auction …
4auction — A common method of issuing gilts. Similar to a tender offer. In an auction, investors apply to buy the new gilts being issued, specifying the amount they wish to purchase and the price they are prepared to pay. The new gilts will be issued to… …
5sell — sell1 sellable, adj. /sel/, v., sold, selling, n. v.t. 1. to transfer (goods) to or render (services) for another in exchange for money; dispose of to a purchaser for a price: He sold the car to me for $1000. 2. to deal in; keep or offer for s …
6auction — auc·tion || É”Ëkʃn n. public sale where items are sold to the highest bidder v. sell at an auction (public sale in which items are sold to the highest bidder) …
7auction — 1. noun /ˈɔːkʃən,ˈɒkʃən/ A public event where goods or property are sold to the highest bidder. Syn: roup sale 2. verb /ˈɔːkʃən,ˈɒkʃən/ To sell at an auction …
8sell — [sel] vt. sold, selling [ME sellen < OE sellan, to give, offer, akin to Goth saljan, to offer (sacrifice): caus. formation in sense “to cause to take” < IE base * sel , to take, grasp > SALE, Gr helein, to take] 1. to give up, deliver,… …
9auction — auc·tion n: a public sale of property to the highest bidder see also reserve Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. auction …
10auction ring — UK US noun [C] (also bidders ring) COMMERCE ► a group of buyers at an auction (= public sale) who make an illegal agreement not to compete against one another to buy things, in order to keep the price low. They then sell what they have bought at… …