Vickrey auctions

A form of Vickrey auction — A type of sealed-bid auction, where bidders submit written bids without knowing the bids of others, in which the highest bidder wins but the price paid is the second-highest bid.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of Vickrey auction
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