Auction
31auction — [16] The etymological idea underlying auction is that of ‘increasing’ – as the sale proceeds, the price offered goes up. The word comes from Latin auctiō ‘increase’, a noun derived from auct , the past participial stem of the verb augēre… …
32auction — [ ɔ:kʃ(ə)n] noun 1》 a public sale in which goods or property are sold to the highest bidder. 2》 Bridge the part of the game in which players bid to decide the contract in which the hand shall be played. verb sell or offer for sale at an auction.… …
33auction — [ˈɔːkʃ(ə)n] noun [C] I a public occasion when things are sold to the people who offer the most money for them II verb [T] auction [ˈɔːkʃ(ə)n] to sell something at an auction …
34auction — [16] The etymological idea underlying auction is that of ‘increasing’ – as the sale proceeds, the price offered goes up. The word comes from Latin auctiō ‘increase’, a noun derived from auct , the past participial stem of the verb augēre… …
35auction — 1. noun /ˈɔːkʃən,ˈɒkʃən/ A public event where goods or property are sold to the highest bidder. Syn: roup sale 2. verb /ˈɔːkʃən,ˈɒkʃən/ To sell at an auction …
36auction — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. bidding, vendue, sale; offering. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. disposal, public sale, bankruptcy sale; see sale 2 . v. Syn. sell at auction, auctioneer, put on the block*, put under the hammer*; see sell 1 …
37auction — auc·tion || É”Ëkʃn n. public sale where items are sold to the highest bidder v. sell at an auction (public sale in which items are sold to the highest bidder) …
38auction — n. Vendue, cant, public sale, auction sale …
39auction — A public sale of property to the highest bidder. 7 Am J2d Auct § 1. See by bidder; by bidding; chilling bids; Dutch auction; knocked down; puffer; puffing; stifling bids; struck off; sub hastio; white bonnet …
40Auction sniping — is the process of watching a timed online auction (such as on eBay), and placing a winning bid at the last possible moment (often seconds before the end of the auction), giving the other bidders no time to outbid the sniper. Some bidders do this… …
