Phrase Hound found 14 phrases and 1 compound words that contain auctions. The most common are listed below. Open auctions in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 14
- Online auctions
- silent auctionsplural of silent auction: An auction where people write secret bids on a piece of paper, and whoever has the highest bid wins the item.
- candle auctionsplural of candle auction: A variation of the English auction where the end of the auction is signaled by the expiration of a candleflame.
- auctions offthird-person singular simple present indicative of auction off: To sell something at auction.
- e-auctionsplural of e-auction: An auction that takes place between remote bidders by means of a computer network.
- re-auctionsthird-person singular simple present indicative of re-auction: To auction again.
- dollar auctionsplural of dollar auction: 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 …
- Dutch auctionsplural of Dutch auction: An auction where many of the same items are sold.
- slave auctionsplural of slave auction: A lighthearted fundraising event where people volunteer to be bid upon in an auction, and act as servants to the winning bidders for a short period afterwards.
- penny auctionsplural of penny auction: A kind of auction that charges bidders a small fee (such as one penny) for each bid placed.
- volatility auctionsplural of volatility auction: An automated safeguard that interrupts continuous trading when a stock's price swings too violently.
- knockout auctionsplural of knockout auction: An auction where most of the bidders are secretly shills.
- Vickrey auctionsplural of Vickrey auction: 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.
- jam auctionsplural of jam auction: An auction at which buyers are sold overpriced and often worthless items.
Compound words 1
- cyberauctionsplural of cyberauction: An auction that takes place between remote bidders by means of a computer network.