silent auctions

noun

plural of silent auction
as in auctions

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  1. auctions
  2. sales
  3. transactions
  4. negotiations
Noun
  • Sellers, from former entertainment workers to small-business owners, use live auctions to build audiences and businesses, while TikTok, Amazon and others compete for shoppers.
    — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
  • That’s on top of more than $200B in spectrum auctions over the past decade, plus the stores, care, and distribution that support customers every day.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of auctions
Noun
  • The timing is good for former WBD content sales boss Decker, with the biggest international TV market of the year, MIPCOM Cannes, well underway.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026
  • According to promoter Live Nation, the European leg broke several regional records, including the fastest-selling rap show in Greece and the biggest arena sales for a rap artist in Zagreb, Belgrade and Sofia.
    — Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of sales
Noun
  • As a result of the fine, Treasury said that Bank of America will work with a third party to report any further transactions to FinCEN that had gone undetected.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Harrington cofounded Elemis in 1990 and led it from launch through the end of 2025, taking the business global and steering it through multiple transactions — including a $900 million sale from private equity to a strategic holding company in 2019.
    — Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of transactions
Noun
  • The airport will give a public presentation Monday updating the City Council on the latest details to come out of the negotiations.
    — Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 10 Oct. 2026
  • The current contract allows the league to reopen negotiations because of the ownership change.
    — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of negotiations
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