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A.Word.A.Day--dutch auction Dutch auction (duch OK-shuhn) noun An auction where a property is offered at a price beyond its value and the price is lowered gradually until someone makes a bid. [From the popularity of this auction method in Holland.] "In the past year, it's done $2 million in auctions, reverse auctions and Dutch auctions of livestock and grain." Jackie Cohen, Taking Care of Business, The Industry Standard, Sep 6, 1999. This week's theme: terms employing various nationalities. X-Bonus Poetry is what gets lost in translation. -Robert Frost, poet (1874-1963)

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