[] () a type of auction in which the price of the item being sold is gradually reduced until sb offers to buy it荷兰式拍卖，降价拍卖，自助落价拍卖（所拍卖物品逐渐减价直到有人购买为止的一种拍卖类型） () ( ˌuniform ˈprice ˌauction) a way of selling a number of similar items in which people offer to buy a particular number at a particular price. The seller accepts as many of the highest offers as are needed to sell all the items and the selling price is set at the price of the lowest successful offer荷兰式拍卖销售法（一种向人们推销同类商品的方法。买方报出愿意在特定价格下买入的数量。卖方接受能够把所有商品卖出的最高价格，最终售价确定为最低的成功出价）◆The company is selling $1.5 million of bills in a Dutch auction.这家公司以荷兰式拍卖法出售 150 万元的票据。◆He believes a Dutch auction achieves fairer results than a traditional IPO.他相信荷兰式拍卖法比传统公开募股的结果更为公平。 () in the US, a method by which a company can buy back shares from its shareholders. Shareholders offer to sell a particular number of shares to the company at a particular price, which they choose from a range of prices that the company sets. The company then accepts as many of the highest offers as are needed to reach the number of shares it wants to sell. The buying price is set at the price of the lowest successful offer.荷兰式拍卖（美国公司回购自己发行的股票的一种方法。股东从公司确定的一系列价格中选择以特定价格销售特定数量的股票。公司接受尽可能多的高价以达到其要出售的股票数量。买入价确定为最低的成功出价）