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noun
1.
Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
2.
Cards.
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 followed by off): He auctioned off his furniture.
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Auctioning
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Origin:
1585–95; < Latin auctiōn- (stem of auctiō) an increase, especially in the bidding at a sale, equivalent to auct(us) increased, past participle of augēre (aug- increase + -tus past participle suffix) + -iōn- -ion
1585–95; < Latin auctiōn- (stem of auctiō) an increase, especially in the bidding at a sale, equivalent to auct(us) increased, past participle of augēre (aug- increase + -tus past participle suffix) + -iōn- -ion
Related forms
auc·tion·a·ble, adjective
auc·tion·ar·y, adjective
pro·auc·tion, adjective
un·auc·tioned, adjective
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Word Origin & History
auction
"a sale by increase of bids," 1590s, from L. auctionem (nom. auctio) "an increasing sale," from auctus, pp. 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.,
EXPANDsomething is sold at auction; in England, by auction. Auctioneer (n.) is attested from 1708; as a verb from 1733.
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