Auction



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.拍卖
• ［记］ auct ( 提高) +ion -> 提高价格 -> 拍卖
• ［同］ 同根词: augment ( 提高) , august ( 八月) , auct=aug

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Latin auction-, auctio, from augēre to increase — more at eke
• Date: 1595
• 1. a sale of property to the highest bidder
• 2. the act or process of bidding in some card games

II. transitive verb (auctioned; auctioning)

• Date: circa 1798
• to sell at auction auctioned off his library

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