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auction

noun as in competitive sale; sale by bid

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Warren is very proud of the fact that he purchased Pegasus at an auction for $400.

It still included an online auction, live-streamed events, and a bachelor auction among the adjusted activities.

DuckDuckGo further claims that adopting a version of its recommended choice screen, presumably without the auction, would dramatically improve the market share of Google’s competitors.

CPCs and CPMs to compete in ad auctions vary widely by country.

In some campaigns, traffic has increased, but this is due to the fact that the auction has been released.

This return scam involved purchasing broken electronics off the auction site and then buying new items off store shelves.

Along the Prado they used to sell slaves on the auction block, too.

We want to be the global auction house for the new collector at lower price points and create a more liquid market.

Paddle8 works better than a smaller regional auction house because it is nimbler and its costs—to the seller and buyer—are lower.

“The intention is to create a 21st century auction house,” Gilkes says.

One day Mr. Chittenden told Grace there was to be an auction of slaves, and he would go and try to get one for a housekeeper.

She did not realize that her father did not wish her to see the distressing scenes which often took place at an auction of slaves.

We talked over Horn farm, which will be let next month by auction, and I am only afraid of getting too much money for it.

Among the duties which he proposed to to repeal was the auction-duty on the transfer of property.

The alder-buyer's wrinkled eyes were peering sideways at an auction announcement pinned to the wall.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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