auction+sale
11auction — [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… …
12auction — n. Vendue, cant, public sale, auction sale …
13sale by the candle — Also called sale by inch of candle, a form of auction sale consisting of offering the property for sale for such a length of time as would suffice for the burning of an inch of candle. Anderson v Wisconsin G. R. Co. 107 Minn 296, 120 NW 39 …
14sale note — A note given by the purchaser at an auction sale to cover the price of his purchase. See bought and sold notes …
15Auction Network — is a 24 hour [ [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117968771.html?categoryid=14 cs=1] ] Internet and cable television channel that allows viewers to participate remotely in auctions taking place throughout the world. Viewers become “virtual… …
16auction — [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 …
17auction — (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… …
18Auction — Auc tion, n. [L. auctio an increasing, a public sale, where the price was called out, and the article to be sold was adjudged to the last increaser of the price, or the highest bidder, fr. L. augere, auctum, to increase. See {Augment}.] 1. A… …
19Auction chant — is a rhythmic repetition of numbers and filler words spoken by an auctioneer in the process of conducting an auction. The auction chant is a repetition of two numbers at a time which indicate the monetary amount involved with the sale of an item …
20Auction 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… …
