auction sale — noun the public sale of something to the highest bidder • Syn: ↑auction, ↑vendue • Derivationally related forms: ↑auctioneer (for: ↑auction), ↑auction (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
auction sale — See auction … Black's law dictionary
auction sale — See auction … Ballentine's law dictionary
auction sale — Kū ai kūkālā … English-Hawaiian dictionary
auction — 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 … Law dictionary
sale — n 1 a: the transfer of title to property from one party to another for a price; also: the contract of such a transaction see also short 1 2 compare barter, donation … Law dictionary
sale room — sale‧room [ˈyseɪlzrumːm, rʊm] also salesroom noun [countable] COMMERCE a room where things are sold by auction * * * sale room UK US (also … Financial and business terms
sale — A contract between two parties, called, respectively, the seller (or vendor) and the buyer (or purchaser), by which the former, in consideration of the payment or promise of payment of a certain price in money, transfers to the latter the title… … Black's law dictionary
auction — [16] The etymological idea underlying auction is that of ‘increasing’ – as the sale proceeds, the price offered goes up. The word comes from Latin auctiō ‘increase’, a noun derived from auct , the past participial stem of the verb augēre… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
auction — [16] The etymological idea underlying auction is that of ‘increasing’ – as the sale proceeds, the price offered goes up. The word comes from Latin auctiō ‘increase’, a noun derived from auct , the past participial stem of the verb augēre… … Word origins
