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auc⋅tion
[awk-shuh
n] 
–noun
| 1. | Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder. |
| 2. | Cards.
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–verb (used with object)
| 3. | to sell by auction (often fol. by off): He auctioned off his furniture. |
Origin:
1585–95; < L auctiōn- (s. of auctiō) an increase, esp. in the bidding at a sale, equiv. to auct(us) increased, ptp. of augēre (aug- increase + -tus ptp. suffix) + -iōn- -ion
1585–95; < L auctiōn- (s. of auctiō) an increase, esp. in the bidding at a sale, equiv. to auct(us) increased, ptp. of augēre (aug- increase + -tus ptp. suffix) + -iōn- -ion
Related forms:
auc⋅tion⋅a⋅ble, adjective
auc⋅tion⋅ar⋅y, adjective
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| auc·tion (ôk'shən) n.
To sell at or by an auction: auctioned off the remaining inventory. [Latin auctiō, auctiōn-, from auctus, past participle of augēre, to increase; see aug- in Indo-European roots.] |
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