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auction

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auc·tion  (ôkshn)
n.
1. A public sale in which property or items of merchandise are sold to the highest bidder.
2. Games
a. The bidding in bridge.
b. Auction bridge.
tr.v. auc·tioned, auc·tion·ing, auc·tions
To sell at or by an auction: auctioned off the remaining inventory.

[Latin aucti, auctin-, from auctus, past participle of augre, to increase; see aug- in Indo-European roots.]

auction
Noun
a public sale at which articles are sold to the highest bidder
Verb
to sell by auction [Latin auctio an increasing]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.auction - a variety of bridge in which tricks made in excess of the contract are scored toward game; now generally superseded by contract bridge
bridge - any of various card games based on whist for four players
2.auctionauction - the public sale of something to the highest bidder
sale - the general activity of selling; "they tried to boost sales"; "laws limit the sale of handguns"
upset price - (auction) the minimum price at which a seller of property will entertain bids
bid, tender, offer - propose a payment; "The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting"
by-bid - bid on behalf of someone else
overbid - bid more than the object is worth
underbid - bid too low
outbid - bid higher than others
underbid - bid lower than a competing bidder
Verb1.auction - sell at an auction
commerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)
sell - exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent; "He sold his house in January"; "She sells her body to survive and support her drug habit"
Translations

auction [ˈɔːkʃən] n (also: sale by auction) → subasta
vtsubastar
auction [ˈɔːkʃən] n (also: sale by auction) → vente f aux enchères
vt (also: to sell by auction) → vendre aux enchères;
(also: to put up for auction) → mettre aux enchères
auction [ˈɔːkʃən] n (also: sale by auction) → Versteigerung f, Auktion f
auction [ˈɔːkʃən] n (also: sale by auction) → asta
vt (also: to sell by auction) → vendere all'asta;
(also: to put up for auction) → mettere all'asta

auction
n auction [ˈoːkʃən]
a public sale in which each thing is sold to the person who offers the highest price They held an auction; He sold the house by auction. veiling مَزاد عَلَنِي търг dražba auktion die Auktion δημοπρασία, πλειστηριασμός subasta oksjon مزایده huutokauppa (vente aux) enchères מְכִירָה פּוּמבִּית नीलामी dražba aukció lelang uppboð asta 競売 경매 aukcionas ūtrupe; vairāksolīšana; izsole jualan lelong veiling auksjon licytacja, aukcja leilão licitaţie аукцион dražba dražba aukcija, javno nadmetanje auktion การขายโดยการประมูล açık artırma, müzayede 拍賣 аукціон نیلامی cuộc bán đấu giá
v
to sell something in this way He auctioned all his furniture before emigrating. opveil يَبيع بِالمَزاد العَلَنِي продавам на търг vydražit auktionere; sælge på auktion versteigern δημοπρατώ, βγάζω στο σφυρί subastar oksjonil müüma حراج کردن؛ به مزایده گذاشتن huutokaupata vendre aux enchères לִמכּוֹר בִּמְכִירָה פּוּמבִּית नीलाम करना prodati na dražbi elárverez melelang bjóða upp, selja á uppboði vendere all'asta 競売する 경매하다 parduoti aukcione pārdot ūtrupē / izsolē lelong veilen auksjonere; selge auksjon sprzedawać na licytacji leiloar a vinde la licitaţie продавать с аукциона vydražiť prodati na dražbi prodati na aukciji auktionera ขายโดยการประมูล açık artırmayla satmak 拍賣 продавати з аукціону نیلامی کے ذریعے فروخت کرنا bán đấu giá
n ˌauctioˈneer
a person who is in charge of selling things at an auction. afslaer دَلاّل، مُناد في المَزَاد العَلَنِي аукционер dražebník auktionarius der/die Auktionator(in) δημοπράτης subastador oksjonipidaja مزایده گر huutokaupanpitäjä commissaire-priseur/-euse כָּרוֹז, מְנָהֵל מְכִירָה פּוּמבִּית नीलाम करने वाला dražbovatelj árverésvezető jurulelang uppboðshaldari banditore 競売人 경매인 aukciono vedėjas, aukcionatorius ūtrupnieks pelelong veilingmeester auksjonarius licytator leiloeiro adjudecător аукционист dražiteľ dražbeni komisar aukcionar auktionsförrättare ผู้จัดการประมูล açık artırmacı, mezatçı 拍賣商 аукціоніст نیلامی کرنے والا người điểu khiển đấu giá


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Then he realized that for such a craft to sell at auction for fifty-five pounds meant that there was small chance for saving her.
This same in- fernal law had existed in our own South in my own time, more than thirteen hundred years later, and under it hundreds of freemen who could not prove that they were freemen had been sold into lifelong slavery without the circumstance making any particular im- pression upon me; but the minute law and the auction block came into my personal experience, a thing which had been merely improper before became sud- denly hellish.
I sold all my household goods by public auction, and joined a company of merchants who traded by sea, embarking with them at Balsora in a ship which we had fitted out between us.
 
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