I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Dutch auction
online auction
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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online
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There are millions of goods for sale in thousands of categories across hundreds of online auctions .
public
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Much to William Pitt's disgust Cator sold the bond by public auction to a solicitor called Yates.
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This is a state that sells its road kill at public auction .
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The girl, he thought, like all her kind, was now forced into this public auction .
silent
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Samit is the leading force behind the Net-A-Thon, an on-line cross between a telethon and a charity silent auction .
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A silent auction featured many items donated by local businesses.
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A dinner and silent auction follows with the social hour at 7 p.m. in the Sawmill with Rooney's wife performing.
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Several airlines are experimenting with selling tickets in cyberspace via silent auctions or last-minute fare deals publicized by e-mail.
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The proceedings include a silent auction , dinner catered by Stars Restaurant and, yes, plenty of dance.
■ NOUN
block
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The following year his museum and all his other buildings went on the auction block to satisfy his debtors.
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Those parcels may hit the auction block .
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Surely he will find himself once more on the dreaded auction block .
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Hilton made it clear that those assets would likely be put on the auction block .
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As she did, she saw the young slave girl on the auction block .
charity
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Many entertainments are planned for the night including a charity auction , games and a tombola.
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Sometimes, the cars are bought at U.S. government or charity auctions .
house
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The wealthy Detroit property developer of shopping malls enjoyed the social prestige of owning the world's largest auction house .
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World Golf opened in mid-December in Sherman Oaks, in a brick building that once was an auction house .
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The auction houses may anticipate an effect on prices, although early and late impressions are already clearly differentiated in catalogue descriptions.
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It cost $ 93, 500 at an auction house .
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Since then Sotheby's business has spread into less traditional auction house areas, including real estate.
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The auction house decided to withdraw from the sale when its December 1990 contract with Lord Northampton came up for renewal.
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The auction house had expected £3 million from the sale - it got £10 million.
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Is Phillips getting to parts that other auction houses can not reach?
market
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A co-operative approach by auction markets was a safer alternative, he believed.
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Another distinction is that some wholesale markets are auction markets, and some are over-the-counter markets. 5.
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He felt embarrassed at the thought of walking among the men, assessing them as though they were cattle in an auction market .
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The auction market in foreign exchange involves trading in futures contracts.
price
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The Van Gogh holds the world auction price record of $ 82.5m.
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The securities will pay a real rate of return, based on the auction price , plus an inflation adjustment.
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Sotheby's can ill afford to have its auction prices called into question.
room
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As the author of this publication, my opinion has been sought from time to time by dealers, other scholars and the auction rooms .
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The antiquities for sale have come from private collections in London and New York, from auction rooms and the trade.
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And just across the street was an auction room .
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Oh, and always trust your instinct in the auction room .
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Considerable collections can often be acquired in a single auction room lot.
sale
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By conducting the world's first airborne auction sale .
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A synagogue canceled its ice cream social and auction sale .
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When Bill was setting up his first home, he used to attend auction sales , looking for reasonably priced furniture.
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Replacements such as furniture and curtains which I picked up in auction sales we kept in what we called the dry store.
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It was the largest auction sale of a single collector held this century, and made seven million pounds.
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The difference between an offer and an invitation to treat can most clearly be seen in auction sales .
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I started attending auction sales both locally and in London and gradually got the melin into shape for letting.
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Damaged equipment can and does appear at auction sales but often remains undetected until the buyer has taken it home.
site
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The Business Software Alliance has estimated that up to 80 per cent of software sold on auction sites may be illegal.
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The aircraft landed at Cannon International Airport and were taxied down city streets to the auction site .
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The retailers themselves are increasingly finding strength in numbers, signing up for Internet-based auctions sites and buying groups.
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These counterfeit copies have been known to turn up on major auction sites , so do beware.
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Most auction sites sell either individual bits of kit from joe Public, or sell on surplus stock in bulk.
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Software can be seen on all auction sites .
■ VERB
appear
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Comprising over 200 pieces, the Larner collection is the largest single-owner collection of its kind to appear at auction .
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Of course there are collections of these models and sometimes they appear at auction .
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Damaged equipment can and does appear at auction sales but often remains undetected until the buyer has taken it home.
buy
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I have tried buying second-hand machines at auction with some mixed success.
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I bought it at an auction in London last year.
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For the first time that anyone can remember, the Soviet Union has been buying at the London auction .
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And all had been bought at a government auction .
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Branson bought them at an auction which inflated the group's price far beyond its true value.
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You can always buy at auction later.
conduct
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Mr Jeremy Sparks, Phillips's operations manager, will conduct most of the auction from the hexagonal pine pulpit.
hold
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The Van Gogh holds the world auction price record of $ 82.5m.
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There are five main sales centers, including one in Los Angeles, which hold auctions every nine weeks.
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It is currently holding a gilt auction of around £3 billion on the last Wednesday of every month.
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The City decided to sell the land, and this summer held an auction .
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Strathclyde regional council even decided to hold an auction because the ruthless Government have allowed it to deteriorate.
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The group could hold its first auction within the next two weeks if enough cars are donated, she added.
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In these circumstances, advertisements will be construed as a declaration of intention to hold an auction and not a contract.
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But some two dozen states collect delinquent taxes on property by holding lien certificate auctions .
include
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The building will include an auction hall, valeting and inspection areas, a wash bay and entry control.
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The proceedings include a silent auction , dinner catered by Stars Restaurant and, yes, plenty of dance.
put
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The company's stay was fairly brief, for in 1908 operations ceased and the mill was put up for auction .
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Hilton made it clear that those assets would likely be put on the auction block.
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Bill McMahon puts its auction value at around £120.
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Read in studio Five pubs worth seven hundred thousand pounds have been put up for auction by one of the big breweries.
sell
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Too few of his greatest paintings are sold at auction to be indexed but appear to have risen at least twice as fast.
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Autos, motorcycles, vans and pickup trucks abandoned at Los Angeles International Airport are sold at auction .
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The Business Software Alliance has estimated that up to 80 per cent of software sold on auction sites may be illegal.
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S., most timber is grown on privately held land and is sold at auction .
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We sent the lambs to be sold at auction in the autumn.
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Under the proposal, the debt will be turned over to a securitization fund, which will sell it at auction .
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The vendor or his agent may already have decided to sell the land by auction , tender or highest offer.
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When the market is buoyant, it will normally be in the vendor's interest to sell at auction .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Bikes that have not been claimed by the owners will be sold at a public auction January 11.
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How much do you think the painting would fetch at auction ?
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Sotheby's decided to hold auctions in Japan twice a year.
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The buyer did not attend the auction , but sent a representative to place the bids.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A judge has given class-action status to a suit against the auction giant.
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An undeniable attraction of an auction is the possibility that some undervalued item may be for sale.
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And all had been bought at a government auction .
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His first painting goes up for auction on Friday.
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Much to William Pitt's disgust Cator sold the bond by public auction to a solicitor called Yates.
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Sometimes, the cars are bought at U.S. government or charity auctions.
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There are even sections on architectural salvage, ethnic crafts and furnishings, auctions and markets.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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One of the Beatles' guitars is being auctioned for charity.
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The contents of the house were auctioned to pay off the family's debts.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Dole wants those sections of the airwaves to be auctioned instead.
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Instead, county governments auction off tax lien certificates that investors purchase for the amount of the delinquent taxes and penalties.
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It was finally decided to auction the aircraft along with the majority of the Fox Studio's props.
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The Bank will announce on Tuesday the terms for its new gilt, to be auctioned on April 29.
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The real purpose of the tax code is to supply tax breaks for politicians to auction off to campaign contributors.
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Writers like novelist and children's author Susan Hill from Beckley near Oxford bring their own signed books to be auctioned later.