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 a variety of bridge in which tricks made in excess of the contract are scored toward game; now generally superseded by contract bridge 2.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.
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151. A dinner and silent auction follows with the social hour at 7 p.m. in the Sawmill with Rooney's wife performing.
152. Autos, motorcycles, vans and pickup trucks abandoned at Los Angeles International Airport are sold at auction.
153. Bikes that have not been claimed by the owners will be sold at a public auction January 11.
154. This is a state that sells its road kill at public auction.
155. These counterfeit copies have been known to turn up on major auction sites,[Sentencedict.com ] so do beware.
156. The buyer did not attend the auction, but sent a representative to place the bids.
157. The group could hold its first auction within the next two weeks if enough cars are donated, she added.
158. The aircraft landed at Cannon International Airport and were taxied down city streets to the auction site.
159. A synagogue canceled its ice cream social and auction sale.
160. The deeper problems in the art market have to do with the depredations of the auction houses.
161. The auction house had expected £3 million from the sale - it got £10 million.
162. Lu Jiemin: This Auction Result Makes Me Feel Gigantic!
163. As you know (sentencedict.com), we will auction the 90 percent shares of the Diamond Perfect Base Group.
164. But the auction appears to have sufficient political support to go ahead on schedule, and Mr. Shahristani and other government officials vowed to plow ahead.
165. Auction is elementary pattern of trade in international tea market. As the second largest nation in tea production, the sound tea auction center has not yet been formed in China.
166. Cai, though, may not have set off red flags because he has purchased at international auction before.
167. Land use rights can be taken to sell by auction, tender or by mutual agreement of the way.
168. Now Mr Kim seems to be preparing to auction off Yongbyon for a third time: to Barack Obama's incoming administration in America.
169. She was optimistic that the revolving vase may still sell privately outside the auction room, saying that 'people expressed interest after the sale. '
170. But a kid who mowed his lawn, a member of the Dead's road crew, had suggested that he go to the auction.
171. If the money obtained from the auction sale of building property is insufficient to make repayment, the mortgagee shall have the right otherwise to make a claim.
172. The highest price for a Strad at auction was $3.5m, paid in 2006.
173. A set of unseen Michael Jackson pictures is reportedly set to be sold at auction later this year, and miraculously, Joe Jackson doesn't even have a hand in it!
174. Actioneer one make a price, the spot an in an uproar, a few minutes calm, nobody should be patted, this auction is tasted stream pat.
175. No. 1 in the market for public auction of land , real estate agent who led the fierce battle.
176. In recent years, the army calligrapher Zhang Jihai is just like a new star suddenly rising, his works is frequently high priced in domestic auction and overwhelming.
177. So it's not surprising that the Iraqi auction didn't include any production-sharing language.
178. To prevent this, international auction houses and sellers are tightening policies and enforcing stricter rules about who can bid and when they will pay.
179. Unfortunately, this turf was not again sold for bidding price didn't reach floor price after its auction failed on Dec 2 for the lack of bidders.
180. "We want to pre-empt any auction of Gandhi items in the future by making it known that selling or buying these heritage articles is illegal, " the official was quoted as saying.
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.