Auction

(noun.) the public sale of something to the highest bidder.

(noun.) a variety of bridge in which tricks made in excess of the contract are scored toward game; now generally superseded by contract bridge.

(verb.) sell at an auction.

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• Will looked after him a moment, and could see that he did not re-enter the auction-room, but appeared to be walking towards the road. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• I am to be sold at the auction tomorrow! 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• In a few days we shall be sent off to auction, Tom. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• In the fall of 1858 I sold out my stock, crops and farming utensils at auction, and gave up farming. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• I stopped my horse lately where a great number of people were collected at an auction of merchants' goods. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• You may die, or fail, and then Topsy be hustled off to auction, spite of all I can do. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• One day at an auction-room he secured a stack of twenty unbound volumes of the North American Review for two dollars. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.

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