auction

Definition

  • noun: a public sale at which things are sold to the people who offer to pay the most
  • noun: a sale of property to the highest bidder
  • verb: to sell (something) at an auction
  • verb: to sell at auction
  • often + 'off'
  • synonyms: vendue, sale, subhastation

Examples

  • She works as an auctioneer at an 'auction house'. [=a business that runs auctions]

  • The house is being sold 'at auction'. = The house is 'up for auction'.

  • They 'auctioned' a similar desk last year.

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