Synonym: auction bridge, auction off, auction sale, auctioneer, vendue. Similar words: reduction, production, destruction, instruction, introduction, construction, instructional, action. Meaning: ['ɔːkʃn] 
n. 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 a variety of bridge in which tricks made in excess of the contract are scored toward game; now generally superseded by contract bridge 2.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. v. sell at an auction.
n. 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 a variety of bridge in which tricks made in excess of the contract are scored toward game; now generally superseded by contract bridge 2.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. v. sell at an auction. 
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121. Samit is the leading force behind the Net-A-Thon, an on-line cross between a telethon and a charity silent auction.
122. Each house as it was completed was allotted to a member either by ballot or auction.
123. The auction house had been assured by their legal advisors that the current owners of the work had legal entitlement.
124. Mr Jeremy Sparks, Phillips's operations manager,[http://sentencedict.com/auction.html] will conduct most of the auction from the hexagonal pine pulpit.
125. The Business Software Alliance has estimated that up to 80 per cent of software sold on auction sites may be illegal.
126. Surely he will find himself once more on the dreaded auction block.
127. Most auction sites sell either individual bits of kit from joe Public, or sell on surplus stock in bulk.
128. We sent the lambs to be sold at auction in the autumn.
129. I bought it at an auction in London last year.
130. Between then and 1872 Millend was advertised for sale by auction on several occasions.
131. One of the world's finest collections of vintage cars is to be put up for auction.
132. Replacements such as furniture and curtains which I picked up in auction sales we kept in what we called the dry store.
133. Comprising over 200 pieces, the Larner collection is the largest single-owner collection of its kind to appear at auction.
134. Damaged equipment can and does appear at auction sales but often remains undetected until the buyer has taken it home.
135. Now the auction for County defender Craig Short will begin.
136. A judge has given class-action status to a suit against the auction giant.
137. It is currently holding a gilt auction of around ￡3 billion on the last Wednesday of every month.
138. Prices of antiques at auction now, however, are very high.
139. When the market is buoyant, it will normally be in the vendor's interest to sell at auction.
140. Consider the facts: The jewel was sold at auction for the then amazing sum of ￡1.3 million in 1987.
141. A silent auction featured many items donated by local businesses.
142. Stet was the high bidder in an auction for 25 % of Svyazinvest earlier this month.
143. Oh, and always trust your instinct in the auction room.
144. Read in studio Five pubs worth seven hundred thousand pounds have been put up for auction by one of the big breweries.
145. I started attending auction sales both locally and in London and gradually got the melin into shape for letting.
146. They're up for sale at an auction of film props to be held in Norton in Gloucestershire.
147. Hilton made it clear that those assets would likely be put on the auction block.
148. Vic found the screen at a country auction in the Adirondacks.
149. The securities will pay a real rate of return, based on the auction price, plus an inflation adjustment.
150. The Van Gogh holds the world auction price record of $ 82.5m.
More similar words: reduction, production, destruction, instruction, introduction, construction, instructional, action, section, fiction, sanction, fraction, election, function, reaction, selection, objection, infection, attraction, collection, projection, protection, connection, functional, prediction, inspection, take action, reflection, and function, conviction.