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auction

noun as in competitive sale; sale by bid

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The Hospices has vineyard holdings all over Burgundy, and a wine auction held there each November raises funds for a variety of charitable causes, including the town’s modern hospital.

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Some of the advertising industry’s largest players have joined forces to propose new standards for transparency in the digital auctions that increasingly dominate ad sales.

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It isn’t clear whether Occidental auctioned the chemicals business or negotiated solely with Berkshire.

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A single failed auction in 1637, however, burst the world’s first recorded speculative bubble and painfully reminded investors that all the bulbs could really do was grow flowers.

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A bike saddle also owned by Einstein did not sell at the auction and may be re-listed.

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