auction
/ˈɔkʃən/ verb C2- To sell at an auction.
He/she/it auctions · Past auctioned · Past participle auctioned · -ing form auctioning
Verb forms
- Base form
- auction
- He/she/it
- auctions
- Past
- auctioned
- Past participle
- auctioned
- -ing form
- auctioning
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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In his trunk were found the invaluable Bruce-Partington plans, which he had put up for auction in all the naval centres of Europe.
Officially, each item received a number, a date, a line on a form and a place on a shelf, and after ninety days, if nobody had claimed it, it was sold at auction or given to charity.
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