vendor bid

名詞

(finance) A type of bid at an auction which is made by the auctioneer on behalf of the vendor, without any desire to buy the article. This is used as a tactic to keep the bids moving, or to persuade buyers to pay more, or merely to have a higher price to report if the property is passed in. Such a bid is in essence a fiction; if not clearly announced as such, it approaches the deliberate deception of a dummy bid.

日本語の意味

オークションにおいて、売主の代理で（実際に購入する意図なく）行われる入札行為。これは、入札を活発に進めたり、入札者により高額を提示させるため、または最低落札額として報告する目的で用いられる策略であり、実質的には虚偽の入札、つまり形式上のダミー入札と見なせる。