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Meanings of auction sale in English

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Catalan
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The public sale of something to the highest bidder.

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        Examples for "auction"
        Examples for "auction"
        1
        Germany saw subdued demand at its first auction of the year yesterday.
        The Irish Times
        2
        Dairy farmers also received better news, with auction prices slightly up overnight.
        Radio NZ
        3
        As a result, the authorities are opting to auction new licenses first.
        Reuters
        4
        Drew said, You're welcome to come to the jewelry auction, of course.
        Russian Winter
        5
        About five years ago, they held a Christmas auction to raise money.
        Leaving Time
        1
        A vendue was called, and three thousand dollars in cash realized.
        Finger Posts on the Way of Life
        2
        Dr. Johnson, at the brewer's vendue, could not have been more learnedly sonorous.
        Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the ...
        3
        Even while the grand vendue was still in progress the duchess died of grief.
        The Lost Lady of Lone
        4
        The term in use for an auction then was vendue.
        Country Life in Canada Fifty Years Ago / Personal recollections ...
        5
        The contracts for building were let out at vendue to the lowest bidder.]
        The Winning of the West, Volume 2 / From the Alleghanies to the ...
        Usage of auction sale in English
        1
        At an order from the praefect the auction sale was abruptly suspended.
        "Unto Caesar"
        2
        Abraham Lincoln witnessed an auction sale of slaves in his younger days.
        Principles of Teaching
        3
        I don't know whether it was a auction sale or a private sale.
        Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
        4
        The auction sale of these goods was largely attended.
        Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field: Southern Adventure in Time of War. /...
        5
        A successful auctioneer-Playinga double role-Illustratingan auction sale.
        Twenty Years of Hus'ling
        6
        Town & Country attracted a full house for its auction sale on the premises last Sunday.
        The Irish Times
        7
        Various significant artworks the Aspire Exhibition's forthcoming Johannesburg auction sale in November will also be displayed.
        The South African
        8
        The auction sale was broadcast over station WOR.
        The new yorker
        9
        Another month had passed since the auction sale.
        Further Adventures of Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason Corner Folks
        10
        Years ago I went to an auction sale.
        Mushrooms on the Moor
        11
        The third member of the pack-outfit we bought at an auction sale in rather a peculiar manner.
        The Mountains
        12
        The Chapmans did not buy the house, but the Manor House School did at the subsequent auction sale.
        Ghosts
        13
        Tells anecdotes about the auction sale.
        The new yorker
        14
        How much would you give, in the open market, or at an auction sale, for a second-hand fish-line?
        Quill's Window
        15
        A typical example of a successful auction sale, perhaps, but no less exciting - or nerve-wracking - for it.
        The Guardian
        16
        From her note I learned that this was the day for the auction sale of the asylum personal property.
        A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences of Laura S. Havilan...
        Translations for auction sale
        Catalan
        subhasta