(be sold) at auction

  • 21auction — I UK [ˈɔːkʃ(ə)n] / US [ˈɔkʃ(ə)n] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms auction : singular auction plural auctions * a) a public occasion when things are sold to the people who offer the most money for them at auction: They bought the paintings… …

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  • 22auction — A method of sale in which goods, securities, rights, etc. are sold in public to the highest bidder. Auctions are used for any property for which there are likely to be a number of competing buyers, such as houses, second hand and antique… …

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  • 23auction — auc|tion1 [ ɔkʃən ] noun count or uncount * a public occasion when things are sold to the people who offer the most money for them: at auction: They bought the paintings at auction in 1989. up for auction (=being sold at an auction): The house is …

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  • 24Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident) — Infobox Single Name = Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident) Cover size = Caption = Artist = John Michael Montgomery from Album = John Michael Montgomery Released = 1995 Format = CD single Recorded = Genre = Length = 2:32 Label = Atlantic… …

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  • 25auction — [[t]ɔ͟ːkʃ(ə)n[/t]] ♦♦♦ auctions, auctioning, auctioned 1) N VAR: oft for/at N, N n An auction is a public sale where goods are sold to the person who offers the highest price. Lord Salisbury bought the picture at auction in London some years ago …

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  • 26Dutch auction — Auction Auc tion, n. [L. auctio an increasing, a public sale, where the price was called out, and the article to be sold was adjudged to the last increaser of the price, or the highest bidder, fr. L. augere, auctum, to increase. See {Augment}.] 1 …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 27Auction Rate Security - ARS — A debt security that is sold through a dutch auction. The auction rate security (ARS) is sold at an interest rate that will clear the market at the lowest yield possible. This ensures that all bidders on an ARS receive the same yield on the debt… …

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  • 28auction — 1 noun (C) a public meeting where land, buildings, paintings etc are sold to the person who offers the most money for them: put sth up for auction (=try to sell something at an auction): The house was put up for auction. | auction house (=a… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 29auction — /ˈɒkʃən / (say okshuhn) noun 1. a public sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder. 2. Cards (in bridge or certain other games) the competitive bidding to fix a contract that a player or players undertake to fulfil. –verb (t) …

  • 30auction — n. & v. n. a sale of goods, usu. in public, in which articles are sold to the highest bidder. v.tr. sell by auction. Phrases and idioms: auction bridge 1 a form of bridge in which players bid for the right to name trumps. 2 the sequence of bids… …

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