subhastation

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A public sale or auction required by law, especially one in Germany or neighbouring territories. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — One of the best parts of their Law is the way of Selling Estates, which is likewise practised in Switzerland, and is called Subhastation, from the Roman Custom of selling Sub hasta.

词形变化

subhastations plural

词源

Borrowed from German Subhastation or French subhastation, from Latin subhastātiō, from sub hastā (literally “under the spear”). Compare Spanish subasta (“auction”).
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