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AUCTION

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The public sale of something to the highest bidder

Synonyms:

auction; auction sale; vendue

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("auction" is a kind of...):

sale (the general activity of selling)

Domain member category:

upset price ((auction) the minimum price at which a seller of property will entertain bids)

bid; offer; tender (propose a payment)

by-bid (bid on behalf of someone else)

overbid (bid more than the object is worth)

underbid (bid too low)

outbid (bid higher than others)

underbid (bid lower than a competing bidder)

Derivation:

auction (sell at an auction)

auctioneer (an agent who conducts an auction)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A variety of bridge in which tricks made in excess of the contract are scored toward game; now generally superseded by contract bridge

Synonyms:

auction; auction bridge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("auction" is a kind of...):

bridge (any of various card games based on whist for four players)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sell at an auction

Synonyms:

auction; auction off; auctioneer

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "auction" is one way to...):

sell (exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent)

Domain category:

commerce; commercialism; mercantilism (transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

auction (the public sale of something to the highest bidder)

auctioneer (an agent who conducts an auction)

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