auction
🇺🇸
/ˈɔːkʃn/
🇬🇧
/ˈɔːkʃn/
noun
B2
A sale where people bid money to buy things, and the highest bidder wins.
The painting sold for a high price at the auction.
verb
R
To sell something to the person who offers the most money.
They will auction the rare coins to raise money.
translation
A sale where people bid money to buy things, and the highest bidder wins.
To sell something to the person who offers the most money.
Word Forms
Plural
auctions
Progressive
auctioning
Past
auctioned
Perfect
auctioned
3rd Present
auctions