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To sell something at an auction.
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A person who conducts an auction on behalf of a vendor, taking bids to find the best price for the vendor.
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(US, finance, slang) A shareholder left holding shares of worthless stocks.
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(intransitive) To make an offer to pay or accept a certain price.
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In an auction, the practice of bidding less than what one believes the goods are worth.
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One who is bidden to do something (by a bidder).
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(finance) A price offered by a buyer/bidder when he or she buys a good.
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An act of, or method of, buying someone off; a bribe.
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Alternative form of buy-off [An act of, or method of, buying someone off; a bribe.]
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(US) One who bids at an auction on behalf of the auctioneer or owner, for the purpose of driving up the price.
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A person employed to bid at an auction in order to raise the prices for the auctioneer or seller.
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(obsolete) To sell by auction, or bid at an auction.
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(intransitive, idiomatic) to earn money
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Alternative form of cashout [The act of cashing out.]
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(auction) A fictional bidder used to increase the price at an auction.
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A bid at an auction placed by the auctioneer on behalf of a bidder not present in the room up to a pre-agreed maximum.
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(transitive, intransitive) To distribute cards to the players in a game.
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(game theory) A non-zero-sum sequential game designed to illustrate a paradox brought about by traditional rational-choice theory in which players are compelled to make an ultimately irrational decision based entirely on a sequence of apparently rational choices made throughout the game. It involves an auction for a dollar bill where the second-highest bidder loses the amount that they bid, making them the biggest loser in the auction.
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A fake bid at an auction, used by the auctioneer to raise the price and thus raise the commission.
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(business) A bid made at an auction, by a dummy bidder acting in collusion with the auctioneer or vendor, designed to deceive genuine bidders into paying more.
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A reverse auction that starts at a high price that is gradually reduced by the auctioneer until someone is willing to buy.
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To put on auction at eBay.
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(idiomatic) To be sold at a very low price.
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(transitive) To supply such funds to.
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(intransitive) To argue for a better deal, especially over prices with a seller.
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(transitive, finance) To declare (a person) a defaulter on the stock exchange.
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The amount of the highest bid at an auction, accepted by the striking of the auctioneer's gavel.
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(offensive) To bargain or haggle with a seller in order to obtain a lower price for a good or service.
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An auction where most of the bidders are secretly shills.
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An offer to buy in an auction for any value up to a specified maximum.
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A point in time during an auction.
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(especially US, politics) To make a campaign contribution or illegal payment to avail oneself of business or other opportunities controlled by politicians.
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(informal) For an auctioneer to acknowledge non-existent bids, so as to fraudulently drive up the price for the actual competing bidders.
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To make a higher bid at an auction.
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A reserve price in an auction.
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To make numerous drafts or demands for payment, as upon a bank.
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A supposed auction employing shill bidders in order to convince legitimate buyers to purchase worthless articles.
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The act of putting up for auction to the highest bidder.
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A cost estimate, or a proposal to buy something, the value of which is kept secret from competitors until all such bids have been made.
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An auction where people write secret bids on a piece of paper, and whoever has the highest bid wins the item.
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(US, slang) To loan a small amount of money to someone.
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(transitive) To provide another with money in order to engage in an activity as betting or a business venture.
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(finance) A type of bid at an auction which is made by the auctioneer on behalf of the vendor, without any desire to buy the article. This is used as a tactic to keep the bids moving, or to persuade buyers to pay more, or merely to have a higher price to report if the property is passed in. Such a bid is in essence a fiction; if not clearly announced as such, it approaches the deliberate deception of a dummy bid.
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A type of sealed-bid auction, where bidders submit written bids without knowing the bids of others, in which the highest bidder wins but the price paid is the second-highest bid.
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An auctioneer's assistant who calls out to indicate that somebody has placed a bid.
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