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Auction Block

Definition: Auction Block

Auction Block

Noun

1. A platform from which an auctioneer sells; "they put their paintings on the block".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Synonym: Auction Block

Synonym: block (n). (additional references)

Modern Usage: Auction Block

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	The Auction Block (1917)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Commercial Usage: Auction Block

Domain	Title
Books	CNO (Cornerstone Propane Partners): Warm Weather Forces Halt to Dist.; Part. Put On Auction Block [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Slave Girls on Auction Block 1313 (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

High Tech	Auction Block RF MFC-4450 Laser 6PPM 600DPI Prnt Copy Fax Scan Auction Block!! (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Non-Fiction Usage: Auction Block

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Guyana	The government also approved a 60 percent bid from Queens Atlantic Investments for control of the Guyana Pharmaceutical Corporation (GPC). Other state firms still on the auction block include Guyana National Printers, Guyana Stores, and the bauxite mines, Linmine and Bermine. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Auction Block

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
auction block	14
auction block illinois	3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Anagrams: Auction Block

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-c-c-i-k-l-n-o-o-t-u"
	-4 letters: ablution, abutilon, antilock, blackout, boltonia, bootlick, bucktail, coaction, cobaltic, cockboat, cocktail, cocoanut, lactonic, lobation, location, locution, oblation.
	-5 letters: aboulic, account, auction, backlit, backout, bailout, botanic, botulin, bucolic, butanol, caution, coalbin, coconut, colonic, conical, coolant, council, cubical, cubital, cutback, cutbank, inkblot, inocula, kiloton, laconic, linocut, locknut, lockout, lunatic, obconic, octanol, outback, outlain, tabouli.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-c-c-i-k-l-n-o-o-t-u"
	+5 letters: counterblockading.
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Alternative Orthography: Auction Block

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 75 63 74 69 6F 6E 42 6C 6F 63 6B

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01110101 01100011 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 00100000 01000010 01101100 01101111 01100011 01101011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#117 &#99 &#116 &#105 &#111 &#110 &#32 &#66 &#108 &#111 &#99 &#107

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0075 0063 0074 0069 006F 006E 0042 006C 006F 0063 006B

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3587698675818023678816977

INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial

5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography

9. Bibliography

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