Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of selling or exposing to sale by offering publicly to the highest bidder; an auction.
- noun In law, a sale, and partition and division of proceeds.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare The act of offering for sale to the highest bidder.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
auction
Etymologies
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Latin licitatio, from licitari, liceri, to bid, offer a price.
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Examples
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Deadline: June 26, 2009 Notice type: S.licitation Agency: Department of the Army This notice is released to announce the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
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