Auction
111auction bridge — noun Date: 1903 a bridge game differing from contract bridge in that tricks made in excess of the contract are scored toward game …
112Auction houses — ➡ antiques * * * …
113auction pinochle — 1. a variety of pinochle for three to five players in which, for every hand, there are three active players, each dealt 15 cards, with the highest bidder winning the contract and playing against the other two active opponents. 2. pinochle in… …
114auction pitch — Cards. a variety of all fours in which players bid to determine the trump or pitch. * * * …
115Auction Mart Sale Rooms — On the west side of Tokenhouse Yard at No.19 (P.O. Directory). Built about 1865. Architect, S. Clarke. The rooms were formerly in Bartholomew Lane on the site now occupied by the Alliance Assurance Co. s Offices …
116Auction markets — Markets in which the prevailing price is determined through the free interaction of prospective buyers and sellers, as on the floor of the stock exchange. The New York Times Financial Glossary …
117auction markets — markets in which the prevailing price is determined through the free interaction of prospective buyers and sellers, as on the floor of the stock exchange. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary …
118auction market — A system in which financial instruments are bought and sold through trading on an exchange floor by buyers and sellers competing via open outcry with other buyers and sellers for the best price. Exchange Handbook Glossary …
119auction call period — A period of time when there is no automatic execution on an order book. Orders that are allowed during auctions may be entered during this period. London Stock Exchange Glossary …
120auction of kit — British one of the consequences of death Naval usage. Shipmates pay inflated prices in the knowledge that the proceeds will go to the dependants of the dead person. The practice was formerly referred to as the punning sale before the… …
