Sentence examples for as auction from inspiring English sources
That prompted them to borrow ideas from other fields, such as auction design and game theory.
For more than 60 years Williams bought art everywhere, from galleries as well as auction houses.
LONDON — As auction prices keep soaring and occasionally reach unpredictable peaks, the art market increasingly resembles a glitzy gambling den.
The annual classic car week each August draws no shortage of eye-popping consignments, as auction companies do their best to bring fresh, exciting cars to market.
The annual event in August draws no shortage of eye-popping consignments, as auction companies bring fresh, exciting cars to market.
As auction sites take off on the Internet, some economists speculate that in future much of commerce will take place through rolling auctions in a worldwide online bazaar.
The banks that marketed the instruments, known as auction-rate securities, also declined to buy.
The investments, which Wall Street peddled as a cash equivalent, are known as auction-rate notes.
Their actions had hammered thousands of investors holding the short-term investments known as auction-rate securities.
The bonds were of the type known as auction-rate securities, whose interest rates reset regularly and shot up during last year's financial turmoil.
But it's easy to point to other innovations that serve little purpose or that blew up and caused a lot of collateral damage, such as auction-rate securities and collateralized debt obligations.
