upset price

English

Etymology

Compare set up, i.e. fixed, determined.

Noun

upset price (plural upset prices)

The lowest price at which an auction item may be sold.
Synonym: reserve
- 1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and Archibald Constable and Co., […], →OCLC:
  After a solemn pause, Mr. Glossin offered the upset price for the lands and barony of Ellangowan.

Translations

lowest price at which an auction item may be sold

Chinese:
Mandarin: 底價／底价 (zh) (dǐjià)
Finnish: lähtöhinta (fi)
French: prix de réserve (fr) m
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