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Examples of reserve price in a Sentence
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The jersey, on sale with Graham Budd Auctions last week, remains in Anderson’s possession after failing to reach its reserve price of around $40,000 (£30,000), but the whole collection reached a hammer price of roughly $180,000 (£135,335).
—George Ramsay, CNN, 7 Oct. 2024
With a live auction that will be held with a reserve price of a couple hundred dollars, as well as a silent auction with bidding starting at just $20, even those not local to Santa Barbara can get in on the action with items that will be available to preview online.
—Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 30 Sep. 2024
The first lot is for the sale of the entire collection with a reserve price of $1 million and an estimate between $12 million and $30 million.
—Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 20 Sep. 2024
The youngest couple and clear favourites to win had one of the highest reserve prices of $3.35.
—Alexandra Koster, refinery29.com, 18 Feb. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1919, in the meaning defined above
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“Reserve price.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reserve%20price. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
Legal Definition
reserve price
noun
: a price announced at an auction as the lowest that will be considered
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