dutch auction

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   a method of selling in which the price is reduced until a buyer is found

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Questions about dutch auction

What does dutch auction mean?

dutch auction means "a method of selling in which the price is reduced until a buyer is found".

Is dutch auction a common word?

dutch auction is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.