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Wikipedia has an article on: Auction

Etymology

From Latin augere (“to increase”).

Pronunciation

Noun

auction (plural auctions)

  1. A public event where goods or property are sold to the highest bidder.

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Verb

to auction (third-person singular simple present auctions, present participle auctioning, simple past and past participle auctioned)

  1. To sell at an auction.

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Translations

to sell at an auction
  • Bulgarian: продавам на търг bg(bg)
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 拍賣 cmn(cmn), 拍卖 cmn(cmn) (pāimài)
  • Dutch: veilen nl(nl)
  • Finnish: myydä huutokaupassa, huutokaupata
  • German: versteigern de(de)
  • Italian: vendere (all'asta)
  • Latin: praeco
  • Portuguese: leiloar pt(pt)
  • Spanish: subastar es(es)
  • Swahili: mnada sw(sw)
  • Telugu: వేలం వేయు (vaelaM vaeyu)

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