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(increase at auction)

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  • auction — (n.) a sale by increase of bids, 1590s, from L. auctionem (nom. auctio) an increasing sale, auction, public sale, noun of action from pp. stem of augere to increase, from PIE root *aug to increase (see AUGMENT (Cf. augment)). In northern England… …   Etymology dictionary

  • auction — [ôk′shən] n. [L auctio, an increasing, sale by increase of bids < auctus, pp. of augere, to increase: see WAX2] 1. a public sale at which items are sold one by one, each going to the last and highest of a series of competing bidders 2. AUCTION …   English World dictionary

  • Auction — Auc tion, n. [L. auctio an increasing, a public sale, where the price was called out, and the article to be sold was adjudged to the last increaser of the price, or the highest bidder, fr. L. augere, auctum, to increase. See {Augment}.] 1. A… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Auction sniping — is the process of watching a timed online auction (such as on eBay), and placing a winning bid at the last possible moment (often seconds before the end of the auction), giving the other bidders no time to outbid the sniper. Some bidders do this… …   Wikipedia

  • auction — ► NOUN ▪ a public sale in which goods or property are sold to the highest bidder. ► VERB ▪ sell at an auction. ORIGIN Latin, increase, auction , from augere to increase …   English terms dictionary

  • Auction — Auctioneer redirects here. For the DC Comics supervillain, see Auctioneer (comics). An auctioneer and her assistants scan the crowd for bidders. An auction is a process of buying and selling goods or services by offering them up for bid, taking… …   Wikipedia

  • auction — auctionable, adj. auctionary, adj. /awk sheuhn/, n. 1. Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder. 2. Cards. a. See auction bridge. b. (in bridge or certain other games) the competitive …   Universalium

  • Auction rate security — An auction rate security (ARS) typically refers to a debt instrument (corporate or municipal bonds) with a long term nominal maturity for which the interest rate is regularly reset through a dutch auction. It could also refer to a preferred stock …   Wikipedia

  • auction — n. & v. n. a sale of goods, usu. in public, in which articles are sold to the highest bidder. v.tr. sell by auction. Phrases and idioms: auction bridge 1 a form of bridge in which players bid for the right to name trumps. 2 the sequence of bids… …   Useful english dictionary

  • auction — auc|tion1 [ˈo:kʃən US ˈo:k ] n [U and C] [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: auctio increase , from augere ( AUGMENT); because the money offered increases] a public meeting where land, buildings, paintings etc are sold to the person who offers the …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • auction — [16] The etymological idea underlying auction is that of ‘increasing’ – as the sale proceeds, the price offered goes up. The word comes from Latin auctiō ‘increase’, a noun derived from auct , the past participial stem of the verb augēre… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

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