Men,women and children are no longer shackled, put on the auction block and sold like prize cattle to the highest bidder.

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It's different from Fed policy in that they set up a certain amount of money and auction that off to the highest bidder.

这与美联储政策不同,因为他们设定了一定数量的连出价最高的投标者,都无法触及的货币拍卖。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Of course, the book ends with her waiting for the anonymous bidder to reveal himself.

当然，这本书以她等待着,一个投标人的出现而结束了。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选