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<p>A <b>reverse auction</b> (also known as <b>buyer-determined auction</b> or <b>procurement auction</b>) is a type of <a href="page.php?w=auction">auction</a> in which the traditional roles of buyer and seller are reversed. Thus, there is one buyer and many potential sellers. In an ordinary auction also known as a <a href="page.php?w=forward_auction">forward auction</a>, buyers compete to obtain goods or services by offering increasingly higher prices. In contrast, in a reverse auction, the sellers compete to obtain business from the buyer and</p><p>
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