All auction synonyms
auc·tion
A a noun auction
- sell-off — Stock Exchange. a sudden and marked decline in stock or bond prices resulting from widespread selling.
- jam — to press, squeeze, or wedge tightly between bodies or surfaces, so that motion or extrication is made difficult or impossible: The ship was jammed between two rocks.
- bargain — Something that is a bargain is good value for money, usually because it has been sold at a lower price than normal.
- sale — the act of selling.
- mart — a cow or ox fattened for slaughter.
- dutch auction — a method of auction consisting in the offer of a property at a price above the actual value and then at gradually reduced prices until a buyer is found.
- silent auction — an auction at which previously submitted written bids of prospective buyers are opened and compared, with each item being sold to the highest bidder.
verb auction
- hawking — to make an effort to raise phlegm from the throat; clear the throat noisily.
- sell — to transfer (goods) to or render (services) for another in exchange for money; dispose of to a purchaser for a price: He sold the car to me for $1000.
- wholesaling — the sale of goods in quantity, as to retailers or jobbers, for resale (opposed to retail).
- deal in — to occupy oneself or itself (usually followed by with or in): Botany deals with the study of plants. He deals in generalities.
- snowed — Meteorology. a precipitation in the form of ice crystals, mainly of intricately branched, hexagonal form and often agglomerated into snowflakes, formed directly from the freezing of the water vapor in the air. Compare ice crystals, snow grains, snow pellets.
- put across — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.