buy or sell at an auction

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• auction — A common method of issuing gilts. Similar to a tender offer. In an auction, investors apply to buy the new gilts being issued, specifying the amount they wish to purchase and the price they are prepared to pay. The new gilts will be issued to… …   Financial and business terms

• sell — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun Sell is used before these nouns: ↑signal {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} verb ADVERB ▪ cheaply VERB + SELL ▪ be able to, can ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• buy — To acquire the ownership of property by giving an accepted price or consideration therefor; or by agreeing to do so; to acquire by the payment of a price or value; to purchase. To obtain something for a price, usually money. See also purchase @… …   Black's law dictionary

• buy — To acquire the ownership of property by giving an accepted price or consideration therefor; or by agreeing to do so; to acquire by the payment of a price or value; to purchase. To obtain something for a price, usually money. See also purchase @… …   Black's law dictionary

• buy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. procure, purchase. Ant., sell. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. value, good deal, bargain, steal*; see bargain 2 . v. 1. [To acquire by purchase] Syn. purchase, acquire, get, pay for, bargain for, barter for,… …   English dictionary for students

• sell — [sel] vt. sold, selling [ME sellen < OE sellan, to give, offer, akin to Goth saljan, to offer (sacrifice): caus. formation in sense “to cause to take” < IE base * sel , to take, grasp > SALE, Gr helein, to take] 1. to give up, deliver,… …   English World dictionary

• sell — [v1] exchange an object for money advertise, auction, bargain, barter, be in business*, boost, clinch the deal, close, close the deal, contract, deal in, dispose, drum, dump, exchange, handle, hawk, hustle, market, merchandise, move, peddle,… …   New thesaurus

• sell out — sell [v1] exchange an object for money advertise, auction, bargain, barter, be in business*, boost, clinch the deal, close, close the deal, contract, deal in, dispose, drum, dump, exchange, handle, hawk, hustle, market, merchandise, move, peddle …   New thesaurus

• auction ring — UK US noun [C] (also bidders ring) COMMERCE ► a group of buyers at an auction (= public sale) who make an illegal agreement not to compete against one another to buy things, in order to keep the price low. They then sell what they have bought at… …   Financial and business terms

• Auction rate security — An auction rate security (ARS) typically refers to a debt instrument (corporate or municipal bonds) with a long term nominal maturity for which the interest rate is regularly reset through a dutch auction. It could also refer to a preferred stock …   Wikipedia

• Auction — Auctioneer redirects here. For the DC Comics supervillain, see Auctioneer (comics). An auctioneer and her assistants scan the crowd for bidders. An auction is a process of buying and selling goods or services by offering them up for bid, taking… …   Wikipedia