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Definition: Auction Off |
Auction OffVerb1. Sell at an auction. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Auction OffSynonyms: auction (v), auctioneer (v). (additional references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | In the first state, the authorities will publicly auction off some of their shares in the two firms. (references) | |
In accordance with a radical outline to privatize nineteen state-run or state-invested corporations, MOCIE announced it would divide and then auction off KEPCO's non-nuclear power generation and distribution companies, leaving it control of transmission and nuclear power. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Guatemala | In an interview published on June 4, Salvador Bonini, president of the Guatemalan Journalists Association, characterized the situation of the media as "not so much a conflict as a direct attack by television on the independent written press." On September 5, the President promised delegates from the Inter-American Press Society (IAPS) that the Government would auction off the frequencies of two national television channels, thereby ending the monopoly control of Angel Gonzalez. (references) |
Economic History | Ecuador | The Government has announced its intention to auction new telecommunications licenses in 2001. The tentative auction schedule is as follows: In September 2001, Ecuador plans to auction off licenses for wireless mobile telephone service. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Language | Translations for "auction off"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | myydä huutokaupalla (sell by auction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | versteigern (auction, to sell by auction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | melelang (sell at auction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | auctionay offay subastar (auction). (various references) ประมูล (bid for, bid in, bid on, make a bid for). (various references) açık artırma ile satmak (auction, auctioneer, sell at auction, sell by auction). (various references) продвати з аукціону (auction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-f-f-i-n-o-o-t-u" | |
-3 letters: auction, caution, faction, finfoot. | |
-4 letters: action, atonic, cation, coffin, confit, cutoff, offcut, toucan, tunica. | |
-5 letters: actin, afoot, antic, canto, coati, conto, cotan, count, cutin, faint, fount, futon, octan, ontic, tonic, tunic, uncia, unfit. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-f-f-i-n-o-o-t-u" | |
+1 letter: suffocation. | |
+2 letters: suffocations. | |
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