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Auction

/ˈɔːkʃən/
Auction is a sale where items are offered, and people bid against each other, with the item going to the highest bidder.

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Examples:

When he came in, sugar was being auctioned.

Captain Dobbin was at the auction.

An auction was taking place at the Sedley household.

Etymology:

etymology
The word auction is derived from the Latin word auctio, meaning an increase or augmentation, from the verb augēre, to increase.

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