auction

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a usually public sale of goods or property, where people make higher and higher bids (= offers of money) for each thing, until the thing is sold to the person who will pay most:

a furniture auction

They're holding an auction of jewellery on thursday

the painting will be sold at auction next week

the house and it's contents are being put up for auction

The house and its contents are being put up for auction.

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to sell something in a public auction:

The stamps will be auctioned tomorrow.

The family is auctioning (off) its art collection.

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