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auctioning off

auctioning off is the present participle and gerund of auction off.

Meaning of auction off

Verb

auction off (third-person singular simple present auctions off, present participle auctioning off, simple past and past participle auctioned off)

  1. To sell something at auction.
    • I took your advice and auctioned off that old painting. You'll never believe I got over 2,000 pounds for it!

Questions about auctioning off

What is auctioning off the present participle and gerund of?
Auctioning off is the present participle and gerund of auction off.

Words near auctioning off in the dictionary

  1. auctioners
  2. auctionese
  3. auctiongoer
  4. auctiongoers
  5. auctioning
  6. auctioning off
  7. auctionlike
  8. auctions
  9. auctions off
  10. auctor
  11. auctorial

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Adapted from Wiktionary: auctioning off (page history and authors); auction off (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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