"Dutch auction" Definition

Definitions for the word "Dutch auction" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
One in which the price is progressively reduced.
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
2. slang
a method of selling goods, adopted by “CHEAP JOHNS,” to evade the penalties for selling without a licence. The article is offered all round at a high price, which is then dropped until it is taken. DUTCH AUCTIONS need not be illegitimate transactions, and their economy (as likewise that of puffing) will be found minutely explained in Sugden (Lord St. Leonards) “On Vendors and Purchasers.”
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864

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