Definition of auction
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:a sale of property to the highest bidder
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:the act or process of bidding in some card games
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Examples of auction in a Sentence
She bought the desk at an auction.
He made several bids at the auction.
Recent Examples of auction from the Web
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Bill auction rates have been creeping higher even as supply continues to decline.
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Tickets for the dinner and auction are $75, and funds support St. Vincent de Paul's work with people who are homeless or poor.
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Scripps purchased the facility during the San Diego Hospice bankruptcy auction for $16.55 million and recently sold it to a Texas real estate development company for $20 million.
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The Odd Fellows Temple was sold at a sheriff’s auction in 1941 for $123,333.34 – the minimum amount legally allowed.
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Thompson helped prepare the cars for an Aug. 26 auction.
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If collateral for the loan is forfeited for nonpayment, the vehicle is picked up by a wrecker service and taken to auction or other location for sale.
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Gnomes in the shape of Kuechly have sold for as much as $16,000 in local charity auctions.
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The auction, led by the US Marshall's service, is a group of cars owned by drug kingpin Alvaro Lopez Tardon, imprisoned for 150 years in Miami in 2014 for among other things, laundering $14 million in local real estate.
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Origin and Etymology of auction
Definition of auction
auctioned;
auctioning
play
\-sh(ə-)niŋ\
transitive verb
:to sell at auction
- auctioned off his library
Examples of auction in a Sentence
They auctioned a similar desk last year.
The house was auctioned last week.
Recent Examples of auction from the Web
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The grand champion country ham was auctioned off for $325,000.
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Suggestions have ranged from exhibiting or auctioning the Third Reich symbol to keeping it hidden or even destroying it.
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Suggestions have ranged from exhibiting or auctioning the Third Reich symbol to keeping it hidden or even destroying it.
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More than 200 pairs of deadstock, limited-edition, and collaboration sneakers are being auctioned off in Los Angeles.
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Aug. 14, 2015: Kylie and sister Kendall auction off clothes on eBay for charity but it's discovered that part of those clothes are from none other than Tyga's own Last Kings line.
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The company is also auctioning off memorabilia as part of its bankruptcy proceedings.
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The Treasury Department will auction $112 billion in securities next week.
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In late September, Sotheby’s is planning to auction over 100 works from Albee’s collection, which the company expects to sell for more than $9 million.
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First Known Use of auction
1723
AUCTION Defined for English Language Learners
auction
play
noun
Definition of auction for English Language Learners
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: a public sale at which things are sold to the people who offer to pay the most
auction
verb
Definition of auction for English Language Learners
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: to sell (something) at an auction
AUCTION Defined for Kids
Definition of auction for Students
:a public sale at which things are sold to those who offer to pay the most
Law Dictionary
auction
noun
auc·tion
legal Definition of auction
:a public sale of property to the highest bidder — see also reserve
Learn More about auction
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