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AUCTION SALE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does auction sale mean?
• AUCTION SALE (noun)
The noun AUCTION SALE has 1 sense:
1. the public sale of something to the highest bidder
Familiarity information: AUCTION SALE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The public sale of something to the highest bidder
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("auction sale" is a kind of...):
sale (the general activity of selling)
Domain member category:
upset price ((auction) the minimum price at which a seller of property will entertain bids)
bid; offer; tender (propose a payment)
by-bid (bid on behalf of someone else)
overbid (bid more than the object is worth)
underbid (bid too low)
outbid (bid higher than others)
underbid (bid lower than a competing bidder)
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