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How to pronounce auction in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms auction off, auctioneer
Type of sell
Derivation auctioneer
Type Words
Synonyms auction sale, vendue
Type of sale
Derivation auctioneer
Type Words
Synonyms auction bridge
Type of bridge

Examples of auction

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West boldly sacrificed in six spades and North's seven hearts ended the auction.
From the stltoday.com
In addition to the sales price, the buyer must pay $60,000 to the auction house.
From the sacbee.com
There also will be a silent auction at the event that includes special desserts.
From the thenewstribune.com
The objections come as the Rangers are scheduled to go up for auction next week.
From the bloomberg.com
An auction of three-year government notes drew the lowest demand since February.
From the bloomberg.com
A silent auction will begin prior to the concert and run throughout the evening.
From the timesunion.com
The Treasury also raised $35 billion Wednesday in an auction of five-year notes.
From the heraldtribune.com
Much of it came from a silent auction and the live version that followed dinner.
From the post-gazette.com
For one thing, it places less emphasis on an open-auction format than eBay does.
From the businessweek.com
More examples
  • A variety of bridge in which tricks made in excess of the contract are scored toward game; now generally superseded by contract bridge
  • Sell at an auction
  • The public sale of something to the highest bidder
  • An auction is a process of buying and selling goods or services by offering them up for bid, taking bids, and then selling the item to the highest bidder. In economic theory, an auction may refer to any mechanism or set of trading rules for exchange.
  • (Auctions) Property sale. If you win the bid, you are legally bound to buy the house.
  • (Auctions) Let multiple buyers bid competitively for products from individual suppliers. Suitable for hard-to-move goods such as used capital equipment (forklifts) and surplus or excess inventory. ...
  • (Auctions) In the producer countries, tea is sold via large-scale auctions to the individual tea brokers, who are able to pass on the offered prices to the importers. The importing countries in turn offer the brokers their best prices for the individual lots. ...
  • (Auctions) These are the main kinds:
  • (Auctions) are a form of first degree price discrimination.