auction

[ˈɔːkʃn]

Definition:
1. A variety of bridge in which tricks made in excess of the contract are scored toward game; now generally superseded by contract bridge.
2. The public sale of something to the highest bidder.
3. Sell at an auction.

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Use 'auction' in a sentence:

1. She really is on the ball; she's bought houses at auctions so she knows what she's doing.
2. If you don't want to miss the boat, the auction is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. on June 26.
3. It will hold another auction this month.
4. Within weeks the world's two biggest auction houses, Sotheby's and Christie's, had to pay out nearly $200m in guarantees to clients who had placed works for sale with them.
5. He put his possessions up for auction.
6. Many of the cars you will see at auction are repossessions.
7. The risk of auction failures is too great.
8. After more silence, the auctioneer then announced that the whole auction was over.
9. Auctions are good hunting grounds, but set yourself a price limit.
10. Sandon Hall and its contents will be auctioned by Sotheby's on October 6.
11. The painting sold for £ 10 000 at auction.
12. Mr Farrier bought cars at auctions and sold them on.
13. He came back with the book from the auction.
14. The paintings realized$ 2 million at auction.
15. Thegrandson placed it for auction.
16. We'll auction them for charity.
17. The term auction facility is different.
18. One day the pastor attended an auction and bid a beautiful tablecloth for six dollars.
19. The auction was nevertheless a relief.
20. Her dresses will be auctioned off for charity.
21. Three companies are making bids at the auction.
22. Auctions are the best place for buying repossessions.
23. Britain's two main auction houses, Sotheby's and Christies, have been involved in valuing the works.
24. Someone would need to pay the $180,000 delinquent tax note at auction.
25. The house is up for auction.
26. The palimpsest then went through some more tough times, but eventually it ended up in an art auction where was bought and then donated to an art museum in Baltimore, for conservation and study.
27. We managed to pick up a few bargains at the auction.
28. All the items were bid for and sold at the auction.
29. In 1854 my great-grandfather, Morris Marable, was sold on an auction block in Georgia for $500.
30. They take drug dealers' boats, cars and houses and auction them off after the crooks are convicted.
31. Items from his collection will go up for auction.
32. She auctioned off the car without so much as taking a ride in it.
33. The Dutch auction it is setting up could prove somewhat confusing to small shareholders, however.
34. As he often did, he stopped by the "after work auction" run by the Italian police where things found on the trains were sold to the highest bidder.
35. We met our old neighbour at an auction last Saturday.
36. The Parkville Department of Recreation confiscated abandoned bicycles and sold them at auction to any interested Parkville residents.
37. Eight drawings by French artist Jean Cocteau will be auctioned next week.
38. The painting is expected to fetch $10 000 at auction.
39. The painting is expected to fetch up to $400,000 at auction.
40. A classic Rolls Royce fetched £ 25 000 at auction.
41. The painting is expected to fetch$ 10 000 at auction.
42. The Army is auctioning off a lot of surplus equipment.
43. Trading was very light ahead of yesterday's auction.
44. Listing 4 shows a typical messaging event, posting notification of a new high bid in an auction system, and the code that generates it.
45. At the auction, the highest bid for the picture was £ 200.
46. Any fool could auction off a factory full of engineering machinery.
47. Gene clerked at the auction.
48. Lord Salisbury bought the picture at auction in London some years ago.
49. If you can buy only one case at auction, it should be vintage port.
50. The costumes from the movie are to be auctioned for charity.
51. The sale is a big coup for the auction house.
52. He finds material at auctions, antique shops and flea markets.
53. The airline plans to auction its international routes to former competitors.