no reserve
Complete open availability
No reserve describes an auction where the item will sell to the highest bidder regardless of price—there's no minimum threshold the seller requires.
A no reserve auction can result in bargains or disappointments depending on which side you're on.
The term signals that bidding starts at zero with no safety net: Listed no reserve, the vintage Porsche sold for half its value.
- no holds barredWithout rules or limits
- auctionCompetitive public sale
- starting bidFirst price offered
- going onceAuctioneer's initial announcement
- soldExchanged for money
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Wary and restrained
reserved · cautious · reticent · secretive · tight-lipped
no reserverestraint
Control over impulses
self-restraint · inhibition · self-control · holding back · temperance
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