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auc⋅tion

  [awk-shuhn]
Use auction in a Sentence
–noun
1. Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
2. Cards.
a. auction bridge.
b. (in bridge or certain other games) the competitive bidding to fix a contract that a player or players undertake to fulfill.
–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

Related forms:
auc⋅tion⋅a⋅ble, adjective
auc⋅tion⋅ar⋅y, adjective
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auc·tion   (ôk'shən)   
n.  

  1. A public sale in which property or items of merchandise are sold to the highest bidder.

  2. Games

    1. The bidding in bridge.

    2. Auction bridge.

tr.v.   auc·tioned, auc·tion·ing, auc·tions
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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

auction  (n.)
"a sale by increase of bids," 1595, from L. auctionem (nom. auctio) "an increasing sale," from aug-, stem of augere "to increase," from PIE base *aug- "to increase" (see augment). In northern England and Scotland, called a roup. The verb is attested from 1807. In the U.S., something is sold at auction; in England, by auction. Auctioneer (n.) is attested from 1708.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: auc·tion
Function: noun
: a public sale of property to the highest bidder —see also RESERVE
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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