"silent auction" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "2003, Kevin B. Kent, Fundraising for the small community, page 43:",
          "text": "A well-run silent auction for a normal event should raise anything between $500 and $3000 and sometimes, considerably more.",
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        "An auction where people write secret bids on a piece of paper, and whoever has the highest bid wins the item."
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          "name": "Philanthropy",
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        "An auction held over a long period of time where people write public bids on a piece of paper, and whoever has the highest bid wins the item."
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  "word": "silent auction"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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