auction+sale

  • 21Auction software — is application software, that can either be deployed on a Web server for online auctions or as stand alone software for live auctions, that handles all aspects of conducting an auction. It provides the ability for users to post items for sale in… …

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  • 22sale — W1S2 [seıl] n [Date: 1000 1100; : Old Norse; Origin: sala] 1.) [U and C] when you sell something sale of ▪ The use and sale of marijuana remains illegal. ▪ Harvey gets a $50 commission every time he makes a sale (=sells something as part of his… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 23sale — [ seıl ] noun *** 1. ) count or uncount the process of selling goods or services for money: sale of: a prohibition on the sale of arms a ) count a single instance of selling goods or services: make/lose a sale: I m willing to lower the price in… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 24Sale — Sale, n. [Icel. sala, sal, akin to E. sell. See {Sell}, v. t.] 1. The act of selling; the transfer of property, or a contract to transfer the ownership of property, from one person to another for a valuable consideration, or for a price in money …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 25auction — ► NOUN ▪ a public sale in which goods or property are sold to the highest bidder. ► VERB ▪ sell at an auction. ORIGIN Latin, increase, auction , from augere to increase …

    English terms dictionary

  • 26auction — [n] competitive sale; sale by bid bargain, jam*, sell off; concepts 324,345 …

    New thesaurus

  • 27sale — [sāl] n. [ME < OE sala < ON: for IE base see SELL] 1. the act of selling; exchange of property of any kind, or of services, for an agreed sum of money or other valuable consideration 2. opportunity to sell or be sold; market 3. the act of… …

    English World dictionary

  • 28auction ring — UK US noun [C] (also bidders ring) COMMERCE ► a group of buyers at an auction (= public sale) who make an illegal agreement not to compete against one another to buy things, in order to keep the price low. They then sell what they have bought at… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 29sale, tax — n. A court ordered sale of a person’s property to collect money for the owner’s unpaid taxes. See also auction, installment, retail, sheriff’s sale The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint …

    Law dictionary

  • 30sale by bid — index auction Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary