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IELTS BNC: 4370 COCA: 4632

auction

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auc·tion1 /ˈɔːkʃən $ ˈɒːk-/ ●○○ noun [countableC, uncountableU]  
SELLa public meeting where land, buildings, paintings etc are sold to the person who offers the most money for them 拍卖（会）
at auction
 The house was sold at auction.
这房子被拍卖了。
put something up for auction (=try to sell something at an auction) 把某物拿去拍卖
 This week 14 of his paintings were put up for auction.
本周他的14件画作被拍卖。
auction house (=a company that arranges auctions) 拍卖行
Examples from the Corpus
auction• An undeniable attraction of an auction is the possibility that some undervalued item may be for sale.• How much do you think the painting would fetch at auction?• Sometimes, the cars are bought at U.S. government or charity auctions.• His first painting goes up for auction on Friday.• There are even sections on architectural salvage, ethnic crafts and furnishings, auctions and markets.• And all had been bought at a government auction.• Sotheby's decided to hold auctions in Japan twice a year.• Bikes that have not been claimed by the owners will be sold at a public auction January 11.• Much to William Pitt's disgust Cator sold the bond by public auction to a solicitor called Yates.• A judge has given class-action status to a suit against the auction giant.• The buyer did not attend the auction, but sent a representative to place the bids.
auction house• World Golf opened in mid-December in Sherman Oaks, in a brick building that once was an auction house.• In addition to fashion, Bond Street is also renowned for its auction houses and for its fine art galleries.• It's the city's largest auction house.• Brodsky countered that the broadening of the auction houses' public accountability could only help the market.• The deeper problems in the art market have to do with the depredations of the auction houses.• Particularly in New York, many of the auction houses look intimidating.• The auction house had been assured by their legal advisors that the current owners of the work had legal entitlement.• The auction houses photographic department phone is 212-606-7240.• Since then Sotheby's business has spread into less traditional auction house areas, including real estate.
auction2 (also auction off) verb [transitiveT]  
SELLto sell something at an auction 拍卖
Examples from the Corpus
auction• One of the Beatles' guitars is being auctioned for charity.• Dole wants those sections of the airwaves to be auctioned instead.• Writers like novelist and children's author Susan Hill from Beckley near Oxford bring their own signed books to be auctioned later.• Instead, county governments auction off tax lien certificates that investors purchase for the amount of the delinquent taxes and penalties.• The real purpose of the tax code is to supply tax breaks for politicians to auction off to campaign contributors.• The Bank will announce on Tuesday the terms for its new gilt, to be auctioned on April 29.• It was finally decided to auction the aircraft along with the majority of the Fox Studio's props.• The contents of the house were auctioned to pay off the family's debts.
From Longman Business Dictionary
auctionauc·tion1 /ˈɔːkʃənˈɒːk-/ noun [countableC]COMMERCE
1a public meeting where land, buildings, paintings etc are sold to the person who offers the most money for them
Sotheby’s estimated that its Impressionist paintings auction would take in about $80 million.
The buildings will be sold at auction next month.
2put something up for auction to offer something for sale in an auction
The house was put up for auction.
→ absolute auction → Dutch auction → open-cry auction → sealed-bid auction
auctionauction2 verb [transitiveT]COMMERCE
to offer something for sale at an auction
Repossessed houses are often auctioned.
auction something off
Fleet arranged to auction off the company’s inventory and equipment.
Origin auction1
(1500-1600) Latin auctio “increase”, from augere ( → AUGMENT); because the money offered increases
auc·tion1 nounauction2 verb
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IELTS BNC: 4370 COCA: 4632
auction

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + AUCTION | AUCTION + VERB | AUCTION + NOUN | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤public公開拍賣▸➤charity慈善拍賣➤Internet, online網絡拍賣；網上拍賣➤reverse, sealed-bid, sealed-offer, silent反向拍賣；密封拍賣；密封報價拍賣；無聲拍賣◇In a reverse auction, the price is driven steadily down.在反向拍賣中，物品的拍價不斷下調。➤art, cattle, furniture, etc.藝術品、牛、傢具等的拍賣VERB + AUCTION➤hold舉行拍賣◇The estate is holding an auction to raise money.這個莊園將舉行拍賣以募集資金。➤conduct主持拍賣會◇My father will be conducting the auction tomorrow.我父親將主持明天的拍賣會。➤attend, go to參加拍賣會；去拍賣會◇He regularly attended auctions.他定期參加拍賣會。➤put sth up for將某物拍賣◇The horse will be put up for public auction.這匹馬將被公開拍賣。➤be up for, come up for, go up for⋯將被拍賣◇The paintings will come up for auction next month.這些畫將在下個月拍賣。AUCTION + VERB➤take place拍賣會進行AUCTION + NOUN➤house, room (especially BrE) 拍賣行➤item拍賣物品➤catalogue拍賣品目錄▸➤price拍賣價▸➤market, mart, sale拍賣市場；拍賣PREPOSITION➤at auction在拍賣會上◇I try to buy furniture at auctions because it is cheaper that way.我盡量在拍賣會上買傢具，因為那樣較便宜。◇The house was sold at auction for half a million pounds.這所房子以 50 萬英鎊拍賣了出去。◇a bargain that she had picked up at auction她在拍賣會上買到的便宜貨➤by auction以拍賣方式◇The goods were put up for sale by auction.這些商品以拍賣的方式出售。
IELTS BNC: 4370 COCA: 4632
auction verb
⇨ sell 1
IELTS BNC: 4370 COCA: 4632
auction
Auctions and auctioning: auction, auction, auctioneer...
To sell something: disintermediate, mis-sell, upsell...

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