n. A public event where goods or property are sold to the highest bidder.
v. To sell at an auction.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A public sale of property to the highest bidder, esp. by a person licensed and authorized for the purpose; a vendue.
n. The things sold by auction or put up to auction.
v. To sell by auction.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The act of increasing; increase; growth. Bailey.
n. A public sale in which each bidder offers an increase on the previous bid, the highest bidder becoming the purchaser.
n. The property or goods put up for sale at auction.
To sell by auction: commonly used with off.
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v. sell at an auction
n. the public sale of something to the highest bidder
n. a variety of bridge in which tricks made in excess of the contract are scored toward game; now generally superseded by contract bridge
Word Usage
"At the prices asked, designer chick needs to hire a decent model, eliminate the term auction from the listings, & get a clue: at nearly a thousand bucks for a no exchange/no return item, she clearly is whimbsicly deluded."