auction

Meanings

Noun

  • A public event where goods or property are sold to the highest bidder.
  • The first stage of a deal, in which players bid to determine the final contract.

Verb

  • To sell at an auction.

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Origin

  • From Latin auctiō ("an increase, auction"), from Latin augeō ("to increase").

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