public+auction
11Auction theory — is an applied branch of game theory which deals with how people act in auction markets and researches the game theoretic properties of auction markets. There are many possible designs (or sets of rules) for an auction and typical issues studied… …
12Auction software — is application software, that can either be deployed on a Web server for online auctions or as stand alone software for live auctions, that handles all aspects of conducting an auction. It provides the ability for users to post items for sale in… …
13auction — [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 …
14auction — (n.) a sale by increase of bids, 1590s, from L. auctionem (nom. auctio) an increasing sale, auction, public sale, noun of action from pp. stem of augere to increase, from PIE root *aug to increase (see AUGMENT (Cf. augment)). In northern England… …
15auction — ► 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 …
16auction 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… …
17public sale — ➔ sale * * * public sale UK US noun [C] ► COMMERCE an occasion when goods or property are sold in an auction: »Brokers get tickets from sources as varied as public sales, walk in customers, and other brokers. ► [C] STOCK MARKET an occasion when a …
18public sale — see sale Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. public sale …
19public sale of property — index auction Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
20public sale — auction (def. 1). [1670 80] * * * …
