auction
UK/ˈɔːkʃən//ˈɔkʃən/
auction noun: a public event where goods or property are sold to the highest bidder.
Noun
auction (plural auctions)
- A public event where goods or property are sold to the highest bidder.
- Auctions come in a wide variety. In a “Dutch auction”, often used to sell flowers and fruit, prices start high and gradually drop until a bidder is willing to pay up. A “Japanese auction” is a bit like poker: bids rise with each round and anyone who wants to win must bid every time. Vendors using...2014 July 12, “Competition, hammered”, in The Economist, volume 412, number 8895
- Synonyms:
- roup sale
- The first stage of a deal, in which players bid to determine the final contract.
Verb
auction (third-person singular simple present auctions, present participle auctioning, simple past and past participle auctioned)
- To sell at an auction.
auction meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
auction in Hindi
- public sales event
- नीलामी nīlāmī, नीलाम nīlām
auction in Tamil
- public sales event
- ஏலம் ēlam
auction in Marathi
- auction
- लिलाव lilāv
auction in Urdu
- public sales event
- نِیلامی nīlāmī, نِیلام nīlām
More languagesFewer languages
- auction in Bengali
- নিলাম nilam
- auction in Telugu
- వేలం vēlaṁ, వేలం వేయు vēlaṁ vēyu
- auction in Malayalam
- ലേലം lēlaṁ
- auction in Kannada
- ಹರಾಜು, ಲಿಲಾವು, ಏಲಂ, ಮಾರ್ಕೂಗು
- auction in Punjabi
- ਨਿਲਾਮੀ, ਨਿਲਾਮੀ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ
- auction in Gujarati
- લિલામ lilām
- auction in Odia
- ନିଲାମ, ନିଲାମୀ
- auction in Nepali
- लिलाम lilām
- auction in Pashto
- مزايده mozāyeda, ليلام lilām
- auction in Tagalog
- pasalukan, amboy
- auction in Arabic
- مَزَاد mazād, مُزَايَدَة muzāyada
- auction in Malay
- lelong, melelong
- auction in Indonesian
- lelang
- auction in Persian
- مزایده mozâyede
- auction in Thai
- ขายทอดตลาด kǎai-tɔ̂ɔt-dtà-làat, การประมูล gaan-bprà-muun
- auction in Vietnamese
- bán đấu giá, đấu giá
- auction in Myanmar
- လေလံ lelam
Examples of auction in a sentence
- During the auction, it is often a partnership's goal to find an eight-card major suit fit.
- Their facility is one of the largest livestock auction marts in the Scottish Highlands.
- The auction house had a history of selling provenanced fine art.
Synonyms of auction
Forms of auction
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | auctions |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | auctions |
| present participle | auctioning |
| past participle | auctioned |
| past | auctioned |
Origin of auction
From Latin auctiō (“an increase, auction”), from augere (“to increase”).
Words formed from auction
- auctionability
- auction off
- unauctioned
- auctionable
- auction block
- auction bridge
- auction call
- auctioneeress
- auctioner
- auction-goer
- auctiongoer
- auction house
- auctionlike
- auction pitch
- auction theory
- candle auction
- cyberauction
- dollar auction
- Dutch auction
- e-auction
- jam auction
- knockout auction
- midauction
- nonauction
- penny auction
- postauction
- preauction
- reauction
- re-auction
- silent auction
- slave auction
- Vickrey auction
- volatility auction
- auctioneer
Phrases with auction
Questions about auction
- What does auction mean?
- Auction means a public event where goods or property are sold to the highest bidder.
- What is auction in Hindi?
- Auction in Hindi is नीलामी (nīlāmī), नीलाम (nīlām). See Auction meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is auction?
- Auction can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce auction?
- Auction is pronounced /ˈɔːkʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of auction?
- The plural of auction is auctions.
Words near auction in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: auction (page history and authors); लिलाव (Marathi) (page history and authors); ലേലം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); auction (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); auction (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); auction (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); लिलाम (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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