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auction off ThesaurusVerb | 1. | auction off - sell at an auction auction, auctioneercommerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)sell - exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent; "He sold his house in January"; "She sells her body to survive and support her drug habit" |
auction off
auction offTo sell an item to the highest bidder. We're auctioning off a car at the charity event this year.See also: auction, offauction something offto sell something [to the highest bidder] at an auction. He auctioned his home off. He auctioned off his home. The duke was forced to auction off his ancestral home to pay his taxes.See also: auction, offauction offv. To sell something to the person who offers the highest amount of money, at or as at an auction: We don't need this table anymore, so we should auction it off. To clear out the warehouse, the company auctioned off the old inventory. See also: auction, offauction off
Synonyms for auction offverb sell at an auctionSynonymsRelated Words- commerce
- commercialism
- mercantilism
- sell
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