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Meanings of public auction in English
Russian
публичные торги Portuguese
hasta pública A government auction or a public auction is an auction held on behalf of a government in which the property to be auctioned is either property owned by the government or property which is sold under the authority of a court of law or a government agency with similar authority.
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Examples for "government auction"
Examples for "government auction"
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Costs may be high because of last year's government auction.
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Li bought the loan for $25 million at a government auction last year.
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A government auction of licenses for 700-megahertz spectrum for fourth-generation mobile data services is expected by September.
4
Companies can buy or trade emissions by buying allowances from other polluters, or from a government auction.
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Televisa and NII Holding's Nextel Mexico won a chunk of spectrum in a government auction in July.
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The property had been seized, and was now offered at sheriff's sale!
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I was sole at sheriff's sale for debt to Massa Sparks.
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He's been to Woodfield this afternoon, attending a sheriff's sale there.
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I've bought ten fifty vara lots at sheriff's sale for five thousand dollars.
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Call off the sheriff's sale at the last minute; I'll pay the costs myself.
Usage of public auction in English
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The holding will be sold at public auction on Thursday, November 5.
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The museum bought the piece at public auction in 1999, officials said.
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Mother was sold on the block at public auction in St. Louis.
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The public auction of marriageable virgins had most likely a similar intention.
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The monopolies are sold by public auction at so much per annum.
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This man sold dignities and places of high responsibility at public auction.
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The public auction process also prevented internal bidding wars among dealers and customers.
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The house was to be sold by apartments, at public auction.
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Pai said he supports a public auction of 280 megahertz of the C-band.
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Two other big institutions immediately said we'll go to public auction.
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At the last public auction ever held in the town, i.e.
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What we were all afraid of was a public auction at some sales-gallery.
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The public auction will take place some time in August.
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A public auction for the hotel had been scheduled to take place tomorrow .
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It will be sold by public auction on February 9th.
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They can then only be disposed of by public auction.
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Public auction through the time
Public auction across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Less common
United States of America
Rare