| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | auc·tion |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  ôk sh n |
| NOUN: | 1. A public sale in which property or items of merchandise are sold to the highest bidder. 2. Games a. The bidding in bridge. b. Auction bridge. | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: auc·tioned, auc·tion·ing, auc·tions
To sell at or by an auction: auctioned off the remaining inventory. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin aucti , auctin-, from auctus, past participle of aug re, to increase. See aug- in Appendix I.
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