Auction Definition

ôkshən
auctioned, auctioning, auctions
noun
auctions
A public sale in which property or items of merchandise are sold to the highest bidder.
American Heritage
A public sale at which items are sold one by one, each going to the last and highest of a series of competing bidders.
Webster's New World

Auction bridge.

Webster's New World
The bidding in bridge.
Webster's New World
A sale of government securities in which competitive bidding determines their yield.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb
auctioned, auctioning, auctions
To sell at or by an auction.
Auctioned off the remaining inventory.
American Heritage
To sell at an auction.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
idiom
auction off
  • to sell at auction
Webster's New World
put up at auction
  • to offer for sale at an auction
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Auction

Noun

Singular:
auction
Plural:
auctions

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Auction

Origin of Auction

  • Latin auctiō auctiōn- from auctus past participle of augēre to increase aug- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin augere (“to increase”).

    From Wiktionary

Auction Sentence Examples

  • You've got your big auction on Wednesday.

  • It was one thing to covertly admire Alex, but quite another to stand here discussing him as though he were high dollar merchandise at a low bid auction... and why was Katie so concerned?

  • He couldn't wait to list his rusty tins, copper mugs, and brass candle sticks on an Internet auction site.

  • But the bulk of the fine furs of the world is sold at the large public trade auction sales in London.

  • There's an auction on Wednesday right here in town at one of them storage places.

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Words Starting With

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