noun
definition
A public event where goods or property are sold to the highest bidder.
definition
The first stage of a deal, in which players bid to determine the final contract.
verb
definition
To sell at an auction.
Examples of auction in a Sentence
You've got your big auction on Wednesday.
It was one thing to covertly admire Alex, but quite another to stand here discussing him as though he were high dollar merchandise at a low bid auction... and why was Katie so concerned?
He couldn't wait to list his rusty tins, copper mugs, and brass candle sticks on an Internet auction site.
But the bulk of the fine furs of the world is sold at the large public trade auction sales in London.
There's an auction on Wednesday right here in town at one of them storage places.
Not one of the plans Nicholas tried succeeded; the estate was sold by auction for half its value, and half the debts still remained unpaid.
There was time before the auction ended.
Once you're an auction rat, it sticks with you.
Originally cotton was imported by the Liverpool dealer as an agent for American firms or at his own risk, and then sold by private treaty, auction, or through brokers, to Cotton market methods.
Westlake is chasing down auction items the same as Fred, but I wonder what's so important to the Dawkins boys.
He put up for auction the highest offices and honours; even remitting to William the Lion of Scotland, for a sum of 15,000 marks, the humiliating obligations which Henry II.
Mechanics and tradesmen who come in person to the forest on no other errand, are sure to attend the wood auction, and even pay a high price for the privilege of gleaning after the woodchopper.
He would also ferry them back when the auction was finished, hauling home the spoils of the sale.
This volume records the births in the herds of members of the society, and gives the pedigrees of cows and bulls, besides furnishing lists of prizewinners at the principal shows and butter-test awards, and reports of sales by auction of Jersey cattle.
She wrote that if he did not come and take matters in hand, their whole property would be sold by auction and they would all have to go begging.
Looks like this chore is going to cut into your garage sale and auction time.
The wines of these vineyards are sold every year by auction early in November, and the prices they make serve as standards for the valuation of the other growths.
Most auction sites allow buyers and sellers to rate each other.
Formerly the commercial legislation of Denmark was to such a degree restrictive that imported manufactures had to be delivered to the customs, where they were sold by public auction, the proceeds of which the importer received from the custom-houses after a deduction was made for the duty.
The opium, known as " provision opium," is manufactured in government factories at Patna and Ghazipur, and sold by auction at Calcutta for export to China.
The census as a method of valuation was revived; the important and productive land taxes were placed on a more definite footing; while, above all, the substitution of direct collection by state officials for the letting out by auction of the tax-collection to the companies of publicani was made general.
If he hadn't saved that nobleman's child years ago, you'd have been sold on the auction block, her mother said.
Its auction marts for sheep and cattle sales are the largest in the south-west of Scotland; at an autumn sale as many as 15,000 sheep and 1400 cattle are disposed of in one day.
This auction is most interesting as being the first of British-grown tea, and it included about 6000 lb.
The government keddah establishment from Dacca captures large numbers of elephants in the province, and the right of hunting is also sold by auction to private bidders.
He also made 100 by running a silent auction with his wonderful image of the two dolphins in the waves.
Dutch auctions On a Dutch Auction, the auctioneer has more than one item of the same product for sale.
The process is not simply about staging an online auction in order to make savings for the customer.
Many people offer discounted tickets for sale on Internet auction sites, but buyers should investigate their reliability before choosing this sometimes questionable option.
It is only sold from their wine list, in very expensive restaurants (where you can expect to pay $400+) or at auction.
She was his current waltzing widow—first choice to fill his dance card when he wasn't surfing the net, tracking down an auction or garage sale or devouring a mystery novel.
They'd delayed in Ouray just long enough to attend the auction and planned to leave immediately afterward for their next stop, the Grand Canyon.
The city owned public land which was let on lease and the rents were farmed out by auction.
The committee seemed strangely reluctant to hold the auction.
Vendors can ' see ' the on-line auction to follow the progress of the sale of their goods without being able to participate.
You enjoy selling computer items over auction sites or through your own website and have a warehouse that you need to keep stock.
So, you've done your research and you're to brave the auction itself.
Small time sellers, like those on auction sites, rely on the higher prices that consumer demand creates.
The world's largest auction site is a great place to find Wii Fit, but be wary of excessive markups.
If you must have a Nintendo Wii and you don't want to bother looking for one at retail price, online auction sites like eBay and online classifieds like Craigslist always have a plentiful supply of Wii systems in stock.
Or, more intriguingly, perhaps one of the auction's bargain foot lockers contained the remains of the actual skeleton!
He's been up in Fort Collins doing an estate auction.
The first time he laid eyes on all that stuff, the trunks included, was the morning of the auction.
This stuff is up for auction.
The property could now be disposed of like the other property of the domain; and except in Sicily, where the system of emphyteusis was adopted, the church lands began to be sold by auction.
For Joseph, the son of Tobiah and nephew of Onias, went to court and secured the taxes of Palestine, when they were put up to auction.
Milo went into exile at Massilia, and his property was sold by auction.
In the case of all quasi-public corporations rigid laws exist prohibiting the issue of stock or bonds unless the par value is first paid in; prohibiting the declaration of any stock or scrip dividend, and requiring that new stock shall be offered to stockholders at not less than its market value, to be determined by the proper state officials, any shares not so subscribed for to be sold by public auction.
In addition to the fur skins coming from North America vast numbers from Russia, Siberia, China, Japan, Australia and South America are offered during the same periods at public auction.
In any case Joseph borrowed money from his friends in Samaria; and this point in the story proves that the Jews were supposed to have dealings with the Samaritans at the time and could require of them the last proof of friendship. Armed with his borrowed money, Joseph betook himself to Egypt; and there outbid the magnates of Syria when the taxes of the province were put up to auction.