Auction synonyms

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sell
Something that sells or gains acceptance in a particular way:
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offering
The act of making an offer.
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auction-sale
the public sale of something to the highest bidder
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bidding
A demand that something be done; a command.
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christies (related)
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auctioneer
To sell at an auction.
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put under the hammer
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block
A residential building consisting of flats.
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dutch auction
An auction in which an initially high offering price is lowered by increments until a buyer or, as in U.S. Treasury sales of securities, sufficient buyers are found
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job-lot
A large quantity of cheap items.
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trade
(Uncountable, UK) The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers.
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vendue
A public sale; an auction.
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venture
A risky or dangerous undertaking; esp., a new or speculative business enterprise
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auction bridge
A variety of the game of bridge in which the players bid for the right to say what suit shall be trump or to declare no-trump: the extra tricks the declarer wins beyond his or her bid count toward a game
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auction-off
To sell something at an auction.
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Sothebys (related)
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bonhams (related)
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ebay (related)
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mart (related)
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Sotheby's (related)
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auctions (related)
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cqout (related)
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disposal
The liberty or power to dispose of something:
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sell at auction
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put-on-the-block
(Economics, slang) to sell something
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sale (related)
An exchange of goods or services for currency or credit.
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public sale
An auction of property or merchandise.
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for-sale (related)
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bankruptcy sale
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Find another word for auction. In this page you can discover 31 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for auction, like: sell, offering, auction-sale, bidding, , auctioneer, put under the hammer, See syn. study at, barter, block and dutch auction.
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Auction Sentence Examples

  • You've got your big auction on Wednesday.

  • It was one thing to covertly admire Alex, but quite another to stand here discussing him as though he were high dollar merchandise at a low bid auction... and why was Katie so concerned?

  • He couldn't wait to list his rusty tins, copper mugs, and brass candle sticks on an Internet auction site.

  • But the bulk of the fine furs of the world is sold at the large public trade auction sales in London.

  • There's an auction on Wednesday right here in town at one of them storage places.

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