Crossword-Solution: AUCTION
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Auction | n. | A public sale of property to the highest bidder, esp. by a person licensed and authorized for the purpose; a vendue. |
| Auction | n. | The things sold by auction or put up to auction. |
| Auction | v. t. | To sell by auction. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| AUCTION | anagram | CAUTION, UCATION |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with AUCTION (5)
The auction was the liveliest part of the entertainment, for the French boys always lost their heads when they began to bid, satisfied that their extravagance was in a good cause.
Nobody don’t have to pay for the things they buy till a whole day after the auction on accounts of the short notice, and they ain’t going out of this till they get that money; and the way we’ve fixed it the sale ain’t going to count, and they ain’t going to _get_ no money.
Half an hour later, in the street next to this, there was to be an auction of real estate, including a portion of the old Pyncheon property, originally belonging to Maule’s garden ground.
And after they’ve buried him they’ll auction off his things for to pay the expenses, and then’s _our_ chance.” “How, Tom?” “Buy the boots for two dollars!” Well, it ’most took my breath.
Oldham had decided to sell his collection, and before putting it to auction desired the advices of an expert as to the prices his items should command in the present state of the market.
Quotes with AUCTION (3)
I love that name. A country named Chad. Sounds like somebody who lived next door to the Brady Bunch. But if Chad actually lived next door to the Bradys, Greg would be roasting over a slow fire and Marcia would be standing naked on an auction block, because Chad is one of the hungriest, craziest, most desperate places on the planet.
Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.
There is a certain seductiveness about what is dead. It will retain all those admirable qualities of life with none of that tiresome messiness associated with live things. Crap and complaints and the need for affection. You can auction it, museum it, collect it. It’s much safer to be a collector of curios, because if you are curious, you have to sit and sit and see what happens. You have to wait on the beach until it gets cold, and you have to invest in a glass-bottomed boat,…
Where this answer appears
Appears in: AARP, Boston Globe, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 24 times in crossword archives (1953–2021).