public+auction
41auction — [ ɔ:kʃ(ə)n] noun 1》 a public sale in which goods or property are sold to the highest bidder. 2》 Bridge the part of the game in which players bid to decide the contract in which the hand shall be played. verb sell or offer for sale at an auction.… …
42auction — [ˈɔːkʃ(ə)n] noun [C] I a public occasion when things are sold to the people who offer the most money for them II verb [T] auction [ˈɔːkʃ(ə)n] to sell something at an auction …
43public — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 the public people in general ADJECTIVE ▪ general VERB + THE PUBLIC ▪ educate, inform ▪ The government was slow to inform the public about the health hazards of asbestos …
44Public Broadcasting Service — a network of independent, noncommercial television stations that operate with public and government funding instead of with revenues from advertising. Abbr.: PBS [1965 70] * * * ▪ American organization private, nonprofit American… …
45auction — 1. noun /ˈɔːkʃən,ˈɒkʃən/ A public event where goods or property are sold to the highest bidder. Syn: roup sale 2. verb /ˈɔːkʃən,ˈɒkʃən/ To sell at an auction …
46auction — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. bidding, vendue, sale; offering. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. disposal, public sale, bankruptcy sale; see sale 2 . v. Syn. sell at auction, auctioneer, put on the block*, put under the hammer*; see sell 1 …
47auction — n. Vendue, cant, public sale, auction sale …
48auction — A public sale of property to the highest bidder. 7 Am J2d Auct § 1. See by bidder; by bidding; chilling bids; Dutch auction; knocked down; puffer; puffing; stifling bids; struck off; sub hastio; white bonnet …
49public land — noun : land owned by a government, especially a national government; specifically : that part of the United States public domain subject to sale or disposal under the homestead laws * * * noun, pl ⋯ lands US : land that is owned and taken care of …
50public sale — noun : auction 1 * * * auction (def. 1). [1670 80] …
