English
Etymology
From Latin auctiō ( “ an increase, auction ” ) , from Latin augere ( “ to increase ” ) .
Pronunciation
enPR : ôk'shən
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Noun
auction (plural auctions
A public event where goods or property are sold to the highest bidder.
2014 July 12, “Competition, hammered ”, in The Economist 412 , number 8895 :Auctions come in a wide variety. In a “Dutch auction ”, often used to sell flowers and fruit, prices start high and gradually drop until a bidder is willing to pay up. A “Japanese auction ” is a bit like poker: bids rise with each round and anyone who wants to win must bid every time. Vendors using auctions rid themselves of the headache of choosing prices and instead just pick the rules bidders must follow.
( bridge )
Synonyms
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Translations
public sales event
Albanian: ankand (sq) m
Arabic: مَزَاد m ( mazād ) , مُزَايَدَة f ( muzāyada )
Egyptian Arabic: مزاد m ( mazād )
Armenian: աճուրդ (hy) ( ačurd )
Asturian: puya f
Azerbaijani: auksion (az)
Belarusian: аўкцыён m ( aŭkcyjón )
Bengali: নিলাম (bn) ( nilam )
Bulgarian: търг (bg) m ( tǎrg ) , аукцио́н (bg) m ( aukción )
Catalan: subhasta (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 拍賣 ／ 拍卖 (zh) ( pāimài ) , 競賣 ／ 竞卖 ( jìngmài ) , 競拍 ／ 竞拍 ( jìngpāi )
Czech: aukce (cs) f dražba (cs) f
Danish: auktion c
Dutch: veiling (nl) f
Esperanto: aŭkcio
Estonian: oksjon enampakkumine
Finnish: huutokauppa (fi)
French: enchères (fr) f pl vente aux enchères (fr) f
Galician: poxa (gl) f almoeda f proia f subhasta (gl) f leiloio m venduta f
Georgian: აუქციონი ( aukcioni )
German: Versteigerung (de) f Auktion (de) f
Greek: δημοπρασία (el) f ( dimoprasía ) , πλειστηριασμός (el) m ( pleistiriasmós )
Hebrew: מכירה פומבית \ מְכִירָה פֻּמְבִּית f ( m'khirá pumbít )
Hindi: नीलामी (hi) f ( nīlāmī ) , नीलाम (hi) m ( nīlām )
Hungarian: árverés (hu) , aukció (hu)
Icelandic: uppboð n
Ido: auciono (io)
Indonesian: lelang (id)
Irish: ceant m ceantáil f
Italian: asta (it) f
Japanese: 競売 (ja) ( きょうばい, kyōbai, せりうり, seri-uri ) , 競 (ja) ( せり, seri ) , オークション (ja) ( ōkushon )
Kazakh: аукцион ( auksion )
Korean: 경매(競賣) (ko) ( gyeongmae ) , 옥션 ( oksyeon )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: mezad (ku) f muzayede (ku)
Kyrgyz: аукцион (ky) ( auktsion )
Lao: ເລຫຼັງ ( lē lang )
Latin: auctiō f
Latvian: ūtrupe f izsole f
Lithuanian: aukcionas m
Macedonian: аукција f ( aukcija )
Malay: lelong (ms)
Maori: mākete
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: дуудлага худалдаа ( duudlaga xudaldaa ) , үнэ хаялцуулах ( üne xajalcuulax )
Mongolian: ᠳᠠᠭᠤᠳᠠᠯᠭᠠ ( daɣudalg-a qudaldug-a ) , ᠦᠨᠡ ( ün-e qayalčaɣulqu )
Norman: vendue f ( Jersey )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: auksjon m
Nynorsk: auksjon m
Ottoman Turkish: مزایده ( müzayede )
Pashto: مزايده f ( mozāyeda ) , ليلام m ( lilām )
Persian: مزایده (fa) ( mozâyede )
Polish: aukcja (pl) f licytacja (pl) f
Portuguese: leilão (pt) f
Romanian: licitaţie (ro) f
Russian: аукцио́н (ru) m ( aukción )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ау̀кција f
Roman: aùkcija (sh) f
Slovak: dražba (sk) f
Slovene: dražba (sl) f
Spanish: subasta (es) f remate (es) , almoneda (es) f
Swahili: mnada (sw)
Swedish: auktion (sv) c
Tagalog: pasalukan amboy
Tajik: музояда ( muzoyada ) , ауксион ( auksion )
Telugu: వేలం (te) ( vēlaṁ )
Thai: ขายทอดตลาด (th) ( kǎai-tɔ̂ɔt-dtà-làat ) , การประมูล (th) ( gaan-bprà-muun )
Turkish: açık artırma (tr) , müzayede (tr) , mezat (tr)
Turkmen: auksion
Ukrainian: аукціо́н (uk) m ( aukción )
Urdu: نِیلامی f ( nīlāmī ) , نِیلام m ( nīlām )
Uzbek: auksion (uz) , auktsion
Vietnamese: bán đấu giá 𧸝 鬬 價 đấu giá (vi) (鬬 價
Welsh: arwerthiant m
Yiddish: ליציטאַציע ( litsitatsye )
Verb
auction (third-person singular simple present auctions present participle auctioning simple past and past participle auctioned
To sell at an auction.
Derived terms
Translations
to sell at an auction
Armenian: վաճառել աճուրդով ( vačaṙel ačurdov )
Asturian: puyar puxar
Bulgarian: продавам на търг ( prodavam na tǎrg )
Catalan: subhastar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 拍賣 ／ 拍卖 (zh) ( pāimài )
Czech: dražit licitovat
Dutch: veilen (nl)
Finnish: myydä huutokaupassa huutokaupata (fi)
French: vente aux enchères (fr)
Galician: poxar (gl) , piñorar rular (gl) , subhastar (gl)
German: versteigern (de)
Greek: πλειστηριάζω (el) ( pleistiriázo )
Ancient: ἀποκηρύσσω ( apokērússō )
Irish: cuir ar ceant cuir ceant ar ceantáil
Italian: vendere all'asta mettere all'asta
Japanese: 競りにかける ( せりにかける, seri ni kakeru ) ( put up for auction )
Korean: 경매하다 ( gyeongmaehada )
Latin: praeco
Malay: melelong
Maori: mākete
Persian: مزایده (fa) ( mozâyede )
Polish: aukcjonować impf ( dated )
Portuguese: leiloar (pt)
Russian: продава́ть с аукцио́на ( prodavátʹ s aukcióna ) , продава́ть с молотка́ ( prodavátʹ s molotká )
Slovene: dražiti (sl)
Spanish: subastar (es) , rematar (es)
Swedish: auktionera (sv)
Telugu: వేలం వేయు ( vēlaṁ vēyu )
Turkish: açık artırma (tr) , müzayede (tr)
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