| NOUN | act | auction, auction bridge | a variety of bridge in which tricks made in excess of the contract are scored toward game |
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| act | auction, auction sale, vendue | the public sale of something to the highest bidder | |
| VERB | possession | auction, auction off, auctioneer | sell at an auction |
| Sounds | aa'kshahn; ao'kshahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | A variety of bridge in which tricks made in excess of the contract are scored toward game; now generally superseded by contract bridge. | |
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| Synonym | auction bridge | |
| Broader | bridge | Any of various card games based on whist for four players |
| Meaning | The public sale of something to the highest bidder. | |
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| Synonyms | auction sale, vendue | |
| Category of | by-bid | bid on behalf of someone else |
| offer, bid, tender | Propose a payment | |
| outbid | bid higher than others | |
| overbid | bid more than the object is worth | |
| underbid | bid too low | |
| underbid | bid lower than a competing bidder | |
| upset price | (auction) the minimum price at which a seller of property will entertain bids | |
| Broader | sale | The general activity of selling |
| Spanish | remate, subasta | |
| Catalan | encant, subhasta | |
| Nouns | auctioneer | an agent who conducts an auction |
| Verbs | auction | sell at an auction |
| Meaning | sell at an auction. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | auction off, auctioneer | |
| Category | commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) |
| Broader | sell | Exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent |
| Spanish | rematar, subastar | |
| Catalan | subhastar | |
| Nouns | auction | the public sale of something to the highest bidder |
| auctioneer | an agent who conducts an auction | |
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