Auction

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  • noun. A public sale in which property or items of merchandise are sold to the highest bidder.
  • noun. undefined
  • transitive verb. To sell at or by an auction.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To sell by auction: commonly used with off.
  • noun. The act of increasing; increase; growth. Bailey.
  • noun. A public sale in which each bidder offers an increase on the previous bid, the highest bidder becoming the purchaser.
  • noun. The property or goods put up for sale at auction.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A public sale of property to the highest bidder, esp. by a person licensed and authorized for the purpose; a vendue.
  • noun. The things sold by auction or put up to auction.
  • noun. the public offer of property at a price beyond its value, then gradually lowering the price, till some one accepts it as purchaser.
  • transitive verb. To sell by auction.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A public event where goods or property are sold to the highest bidder.
  • verb. To sell at an auction.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. sell at an auction
  • noun. the public sale of something to the highest bidder
  • noun. a variety of bridge in which tricks made in excess of the contract are scored toward game; now generally superseded by contract bridge
  • Word Usage
    "At the prices asked, designer chick needs to hire a decent model, eliminate the term auction from the listings, & get a clue: at nearly a thousand bucks for a no exchange/no return item, she clearly is whimbsicly deluded."
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    bridge  sale  sell  
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    advertise  bidder  blog  buyer  concert  
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