auction: Meaning and Definition of
auc•tion
Pronunciation: (ôk'shun), [key]
— n.
- a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
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- Seeauction bridge.
- (in bridge or certain other games) the competitive bidding to fix a contract that a player or players undertake to fulfill.
—v.t.
- to sell by auction (often fol. by off&hasp;): He auctioned off his furniture.
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