Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

auction theory

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.18 in modern English

Syllables: auc-tion the-o-ry
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An applied branch of economics, studying how bidders act in auction markets and how the features of such markets incentivize predictable outcomes.

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Questions

What does auction theory mean?: An applied branch of economics, studying how bidders act in auction markets and how the features of such markets incentivize predictable outcomes.

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