Each bid is a separate offer and a contract is not made until the auctioneer accepts one of them.

"If they wish to renege on a totally separate offer, that's something they'll have to live with."

Inco also increased its separate offer for Falconbridge.

He said the separate offers called for a wage increase of $23 in the first year, $22 in the second and $26 in the third.

The company also announced that it would make a separate offer next week to purchase much of E-II's debt.

But that's a separate offer and I wouldn't push you into anything.

The companies may also opt to submit a separate offer for Global Crossing at a later date, people close to the companies said.

For a time, the book was put on hold by Welles when he received a separate offer of $250,000 to write his memoirs.

Applicants may receive separate offers through this sub-system.

In a separate offer, the Soviet Union proposed to freeze such missiles.