auction
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2.8
- noun
- /ˈɔːkʃən/
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subasta
- The vintage painting will be sold at a public auction next Saturday.
- auction house
- sold at auction
- silent auction
So that began an auction for that property too.
- So that began an auction for that property too.
- It it, it came up very unusually for auction from a private collection.
- That was the winning auction price for Steve Jobs old Birkenstocks.
- And a week after I went to the museum, there was an auction for an Ibis mummy.
- So I don't think there's an auction going on right now.
- Like North Korea, we did the spa thing, we ate raw fish, the fish auction, street food, BBQ.
- She said online auctions can quickly turn into surprise purchases.
- Yes, there are Cinderella stories of authors who sold instantly at auction, but those are pretty rare.
Examples
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The museum bought it at a Dublin auction, and it is without documentation of any kind.
Academic text (1995) -
There is a $300 million service contract up for auction to develop associated gas in Syria.
Academic text (1999) -
And it went up for auction and Steve bought it.
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As of this morning, auction prices were much higher than January.
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This vehicle goes on sale at the auction at the end of next week.
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I picked it up at an estate auction.
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But over the weekend, we managed to hold an auction and sell the bonds ourselves.
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It goes up for auction on Tuesday.
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The original white jacket was sold at an auction two years ago for about $52,600.
Academic text (2013) -
OK, it's Sunday night and I'm about to send our NFT auction live.
Synonyms
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3.2
A public sale where items go to the person who offers the most money
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7.7
A way of selling where the price goes down until a buyer accepts
A public sale where people offer money to buy goods
A competition where people or companies offer higher prices to win something like at an auction
Compounds
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3.0
A company that sells things to the person who pays the most, often paintings or antiques
- Archaic
A version of the card game bridge where extra tricks above the agreed number count for the score
- Archaic
A card game where the first card played decides which suit wins over others
How Competitive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Auction comes from the Latin auctio, from augere meaning 'to increase'. An auction is a public sale where the price keeps rising as people bid, so the idea of 'increasing' explains the modern sale by the highest offer.