public auction
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpublicandauction
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public
adjective
uk/ˈpʌb.lɪk/us/ˈpʌb.lɪk/
relating to or involving people in general, rather than being limited to a particular group ...
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auction
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈɔːk.ʃən/us/ˈɑːk.ʃən/
a usually public sale of goods or property, where people make higher and higher bids (= offers of money) for each thing, until the thing is sold to the person who will ...
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(Definition ofpublicandauctionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Publicauction, on the other hand, made contacts more anonymous.
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Contractors for public building projects could also be appointed bypublicauction, which further accentuates the resemblance to today's competitive procurement process.
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These will be disposed of in the normal way, bypublicauction, unless the local authorities have an overwhelming case for acquisition by compulsory purchase.
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Land which is surplus to requirements will continue to be sold by the method likely to bring the best price, usuallypublicauction.
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We do not believe in having apublicauctionof pensions.
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He bought a house bypublicauctionwith a telephone in it, and had the thing pulled out within a week.
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Perhaps they might have been prepared to buy a little more, particularly if the alternative was apublicauction.
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Implements and machinery as they become surplus are being sold bypublicauctionin the locality in which they have been at work.
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It is offered firstly to manufacturers and agricultural machinery dealers, but if not taken up by them it is sold bypublicauction.
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In 1920, more than 4,000 pedigree shorthorn animals were disposed of atpublicauction.
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The method of disposal is normally by sale atpublicauctionor by tender.
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This land will be sold as soon as possible, some of it bypublicauctionand some to former owners.
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The great bulk of surplus stores are now sold bypublicauction.
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There is a difficulty about prices realised atpublicauction.
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The rest of the property is now in the hands of auctioneers with a view to sale bypublicauction.
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Somebody buys them bypublicauctionand pays for them, yet they are tainted goods.
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The buildings were erected under circumstances which did not admit of their being offered for sale bypublicauction.
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When an article is sold atpublicauctionit is not the seller but the buyer who fixes the price, by his own bid.
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The article is acquired at thepublicauction, let is say for £20.
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The estate was put up forpublicauctionon two separate occasions.
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