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AUCTION OFF
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Dictionary entry overview: What does auction off mean?
• AUCTION OFF (verb)
The verb AUCTION OFF has 1 sense:
1. sell at an auction
Familiarity information: AUCTION OFF used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sell at an auction
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
auction; auction off; auctioneer
Hypernyms (to "auction off" is one way to...):
sell (exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent)
Domain category:
commerce; commercialism; mercantilism (transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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