Meaning

1 senses

  1. To sell something at auction.

    I took your advice and auctioned off that old painting. You'll never believe I got over 2,000 pounds for it!

    I took your advice and auctioned it off.

    sell at an auction

Examples

5 sentences

  1. They're gonna auction off some of his art this week.

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  2. Just auction off the antique stuff.

    deVersteigere doch die antiken Sachen! — Esperantostern

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  3. The unclaimed items were auctioned off.

    deDie herrenlosen Gegenstände wurden versteigert. — Yorwba

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  4. Ziri auctioned off his collection of coins.

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  5. Farmers defaulting on loans had to auction off their land.

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Forms

auctions off, auctioning off, auctioned off, auctioned off
Base formauction off · to auction off
3rd person singularauctions off
Present participleauctioning off
Past simpleauctioned off
Past participleauctioned off

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyauction off
he, she, itauctions off

Past simpleLesson

all personsauctioned off

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave auctioned off
he, she, ithas auctioned off

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill auction off

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
auburnauctionauctioneeraudaciousaudacity
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