auction
Meaning of auction
- a public sale in which goods or property are sold to the highest bidder.
the books are expected to fetch a six-figure sum at tomorrow's auction
- the part of the play in which players bid to decide the contract in which the hand shall be played.
- sell or offer for sale at an auction.
the painting was auctioned at Christie's
late 16th century: from Latin auctio(n- ) ‘increase, auction’, from the verb augere ‘to increase’.
Information about auction
- The plural form of auction is: auctions.
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Hyphenation of auction
auc-tion
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- auction is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
auction synonyms
Meaning auction sale:
Meaning auction off:
Translation of auction
- German: Versteigerung, Auktion, versteigern
- Italian: asta, incanto
- Spanish: subasta, subastar
- Portuguese: leilão
- French: enchères
Anagrams of auction
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