Auction
71Auction Rate — The interest rate that will be paid on a specific security as determined by the Dutch auction process. The auctions take place at periodic intervals, and the interest rate is fixed until the next auction is held. This process is commonly used to… …
72auction off — PHRASAL VERB If you auction off something, you sell it to the person who offers the most money for it, often at an auction. [V P n (not pron)] Any fool could auction off a factory full of engineering machinery... [V n P] They take drug dealers… …
73auction sale — noun the public sale of something to the highest bidder • Syn: ↑auction, ↑vendue • Derivationally related forms: ↑auctioneer (for: ↑auction), ↑auction (for: ↑ …
74auction block — 1. Also called block. a platform from which an auctioneer sells: the old courthouse where slaves were sold from the auction block. 2. put on the auction block, to offer for sale at auction; offer to sell to the highest bidder. Also, put on the… …
75auction house — noun a firm that conducts auctions • Hypernyms: ↑firm, ↑house, ↑business firm * * * ˈauction house 7 [auction house auction houses] noun a company that sells things in ↑auct …
76auction pool — noun : a betting pool in which selections (as of starters in a horse race) are sold at auction, the auctioneer usually retaining a percentage of the pool * * * auction pool, a system of betting in which the bets are sold at auction …
77Auction Market — A market in which buyers enter competitive bids and sellers enter competitive offers at the same time. The price a stock is traded represents the highest price that a buyer is willing to pay and the lowest price that a seller is willing to sell… …
78auction volume — The auction volume is the total executed volume as a result of an auction. London Stock Exchange Glossary …
79auction enabler — An on line service that helps an auction house run an effective physical auction …
80auction bridge — a variety of bridge in which odd tricks won in excess of the number named in the contract are scored toward game. Cf. contract (def. 5). [1905 10] * * * card game that was the third step in the historical progression from whist to bridge… …
