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  2. Dutch auction - Wikipedia

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    A Dutch auction is one of several similar types of auctions for buying or selling goods. [1] [2] [3] Most commonly, it means an auction in which the auctioneer begins with a high asking price in the case of selling, and lowers it until some participant accepts the price, or it reaches a predetermined reserve price.

  3. Uruguay Round - Wikipedia

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    A set of updated documents was produced in Geneva by the office of the Director-General during July 1986 in order to prepare the way for progress to be made. [5] As described below, the round was launched in Punta del Este, Uruguay in September 1986, [6] [7] followed by negotiations in Geneva, Brussels, Washington, D.C., and Tokyo.

  4. List of country groupings - Wikipedia

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    These countries are considered major European powers and they are the Western European countries individually represented as full members of the G7, the G8, the G-10 and the G20. This also has an impact on the Eurovision Song Contest, when these countries added to Spain, are turned the BIG 5.

  5. Government auction - Wikipedia

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    Court auction: items sold to satisfy a court judgment, like storage contents of not-paying tenants; Insolvent companies where the government is the liquidator (e.g. official receiver) Unowned property; Often goods sold at government auctions will be unreserved, meaning that they will be sold to the highest bidder at the auction. [citation needed]

  6. Euro area crisis - Wikipedia

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    In total, the debt crisis forced five out of 17 eurozone countries to seek help from other nations by the end of 2012. In mid-2012, due to successful fiscal consolidation and implementation of structural reforms in the countries being most at risk and various policy measures taken by EU leaders and the ECB (see below), financial stability in ...

  7. Price mechanism - Wikipedia

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    An auction is a price mechanism where bidders can make competing offers for a good. The minimum bid may or may not be set by the seller, who may choose to predetermine a minimum asking price. The highest bidder would be awarded the transaction.

  8. Reverse auction - Wikipedia

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    In a traditional auction, the seller offers an item for sale. Potential buyers are then free to bid on the item until the time period expires. The buyer with the highest offer wins the right to purchase the item for the price determined at the end of the auction. A reverse auction is different in that a single buyer offers a contract out for ...

  9. List of adjectival and demonymic forms for countries and nations

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    The ending -men has feminine equivalent -women (e.g. Irishman, Scotswoman). The French terminations -ois / -ais serve as both the singular and plural masculine; adding e (-oise / -aise) makes them singular feminine; es (-oises / -aises) makes them plural feminine.