n. (1) An auction having several of the same item up for bid at once, with a minimum bid. Bidding starts with people offering a fixed price at or above the minimum for a certain number of, or all of, the items available. Highest offered price wins, regardless of how many items were bid on by that bidder, and winners then descend by final offered price.
A feature unique to this style of auction is that, if a lower-bidding participant bid for x items, but due to higher-bidding winners could only buy fewer than x, he has the right to back out and purchase none at all.
(2) a form of auction similar to the above, once but no longer held on eBay, in which the same rules were generally followed, with rules for bid times and final winning prices calculated slightly differently.
A feature unique to this style of auction is that, if a lower-bidding participant bid for x items, but due to higher-bidding winners could only buy fewer than x, he has the right to back out and purchase none at all.
(2) a form of auction similar to the above, once but no longer held on eBay, in which the same rules were generally followed, with rules for bid times and final winning prices calculated slightly differently.
They had ten signed NFL footballs up at the stadium that they were dutch auctioning off for charity- one guy got 5, one got 2, and I got 3 and paid the least!
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A person who pretends to like or be a fan/supporter of something. The pretending needs to be obvious to others in order for the term to apply.
A person commenting to a friend about someone's obvious false affection for a band: "I am SO into Coldplay". The person making the claim would be an affictionato.
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Get the affictionate mug.The act of acknowleging an outcast, loner, or some one whom has experienced a humelliating event with affection. It is often non-sexuel and present in movies aimed at teens. It includes pecks on the cheek, non sexuel touching and rubbing, hugs and assuring phrases like are you ok? you want some thing to eat? you'll be alright, your so pretty, etc, Maybe performed by a man or a women, it may be performed on a women or a man.
thomas is blushing i think he got some affection acknowlegement from his girl-friend after he got his ass kicked.
I think he's just giving her affection acknowlegement to get in her pants.
I can't believe sam is giving that freak affection acknowlegement.
I think he's just giving her affection acknowlegement to get in her pants.
I can't believe sam is giving that freak affection acknowlegement.
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Girlfriend: You're such an affectionate twat.
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