auction sale
Noun
Meaning
the public sale of something to the highest bidder
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Examples
Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.
In other words, government is a broker in pillage, and every election is sort of an advance auction sale of stolen goods.
Market days are: Tuesday – auction sale of finished sheep, cull ewe/store and fodder (hay and straw).
It is now the world’s leader in this kind of auction sale.
Some Fridays – auction sale of cattle.
The company pioneered the approach in 2008 when it broke with 44 years of direct sales to hold the diamond industry’s first online international auction sale.