Auction

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Definition: Meaning of, auction in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈɔːkʃ(ə)n /

Word Forms:

Singular	Plural
auction	auctions

[uncountable and countable]

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Word Forms:

Prsesent	Past	Past Participle
auction	auctioned	auctioned

Present Participle	Third Person Singular
auctioning	auctions

[transitive + off]

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auction used in phrases

Dutch auction (noun)
1. a public sale at which the price of something is gradually reduced until someone will pay it
auction block (noun)
1. a platform from which an auctioneer sells
auction bridge (noun)
1. a variety of bridge in which tricks made in excess of the contract are scored toward game; now generally superseded by contract bridge
auction house (noun)
1. a firm that conducts auctions
auction off (verb)
1. sell at an auction
auction pitch (noun)
1. an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump
auction sale (noun)
1. the public sale of something to the highest bidder
online auction (noun)
1. a type of website in which you can sell things to the person who offers you the highest price
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a monocotyledonous genus of the family Orchidaceae

auction block