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7 Letter Words for Auction

auction, caution

6 Letter Words for Auction

action, anicut, atonic, cation, cautio, nautic, noctua, toucan, tunica, uncoat

5 Letter Words for Auction

acoin, actin, acton, antic, canto, cauon, citua, coati, conia, conta, cotan, count, cunit, cutin, inact, incut, niota, octan, oncia, ontic, taino, tauon, tinca, tonic, tuina, tunca, tunic, unact, uncia, uniat, utica

4 Letter Words for Auction

actu, aint, ainu, aion, aitu, anti, antu, atoc, aunt, auto, cain, cant, caon, ciao, cion, cito, coat, coin, coit, coni, cont, coua, cuit, cunt, cuon, icao, icon, inca, inta, into, iota, naio, naoi, nato, natu, naut, nito, nota, nout, octa, oint, onca, otic, outa, taco, tain, taun, tiao, tinc, toun, tuan, tuna, tuno, unai, unca, unci, unco, unct, unio, unit, unta, unto, utai

3 Letter Words for Auction

act, ain, ait, anc, ant, anu, cai, can, cat, cia, cit, con, cot, ctn, cto, cun, cut, iao, inc, int, ion, iou, ita, nat, nco, nit, noa, not, nut, oat, oca, oct, ona, oni, ont, otc, oui, out, tai, tan, tao, tau, tic, tin, tiu, toa, toc, toi, ton, tou, tua, tui, tun, uca, uit, una, unc, uni, uta, utc, uti

Definitions for Auction

[1] Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
[2] Cards . auction bridge. (in bridge or certain other games) the competitive bidding to fix a contract that a player or players undertake to fulfill.
[3] to sell by auction (often followed by off ): He auctioned off his furniture.
[4] a public sale of goods or property, esp one in which prospective purchasers bid against each other until the highest price is reached Compare Dutch auction
[5] the competitive calls made in bridge and other games before play begins, undertaking to win a given number of tricks if a certain suit is trumps
[6] See auction bridge
[7] (tr often foll by off ) to sell by auction

Words related to Auction

sell-off, jam, bargain

Words nearby Auction

auburn, aubusson, auc, auckland, auckland islands, auction, auction block, auction bridge, auction pinochle, auction pitch, auctioneer

Origin of Auction

1585–95; < Latin auctiōn- (stem of auctiō ) an increase, especially in the bidding at a sale, equivalent to auct(us ) increased, past participle of augēre (aug- increase + -tus past participle suffix) + -iōn- -ion

Other words from Auction

auc·tion·a·ble , adjective
auc·tion·ar·y , adjective
pro·auc·tion , adjective
un·auc·tioned , adjective

Word origin for Auction

C16: from Latin auctiō an increasing, from augēre to increase

Synonyms for Auction

sell-off, bargain, jam