Auction

//ˈɔkʃən//

Synonyms for "auction" (10 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (2)

Noun(1 words)
auction bridge
Verb(1 words)
auction off

Strong matches (3)

Noun(1 words)
auction sale
Verb(1 words)
auctioneer

Related words (5)

Noun(2 words)
roup salevendue

Related word relations

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9 relation types

More general

3 entries

Synonyms

1 entries

Related terms

3 entries

derived

34 entries

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has context

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is a

4 entries

manner of

2 entries

receives action

1 entries

related to

2 entries

Translations

162 translations across 77 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • ankand noun (public sales event)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἀποκηρύσσω verb (to sell at an auction)

Arabic

3 entries
  • مزاد noun (public sales event)
  • مَزَاد noun (public sales event)
  • مُزَايَدَة noun (public sales event)

Armenian

2 entries
  • աճուրդ noun (public sales event)
  • վաճառել աճուրդով verb (to sell at an auction)

Asturian

3 entries
  • puya noun (public sales event)
  • puxar verb (to sell at an auction)
  • puyar verb (to sell at an auction)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • auksion noun (public sales event)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • аўкцыён noun (public sales event)

Bengali

1 entries
  • নিলাম noun (public sales event)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • аукцио́н noun (public sales event)
  • търг noun (public sales event)
  • продавам на търг verb (to sell at an auction)

Burmese

1 entries
  • လေလံ noun (public sales event)

Catalan

2 entries
  • subhasta noun (public sales event)
  • subhastar verb (to sell at an auction)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 拍賣 /拍卖 noun (public sales event)
  • 競拍 /竞拍 noun (public sales event)
  • 競賣 /竞卖 noun (public sales event)
  • 拍賣 /拍卖 verb (to sell at an auction)

Czech

4 entries
  • aukce noun (public sales event)
  • dražba noun (public sales event)
  • dražit verb (to sell at an auction)
  • licitovat verb (to sell at an auction)

Danish

1 entries
  • auktion noun (public sales event)

Dari

2 entries
  • لِیلَام noun (public sales event)
  • مُزَایَدَه noun (public sales event)

Dutch

2 entries
  • veiling noun (public sales event)
  • veilen verb (to sell at an auction)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • aŭkcio noun (public sales event)

Estonian

2 entries
  • enampakkumine noun (public sales event)
  • oksjon noun (public sales event)

Finnish

3 entries
  • huutokauppa noun (public sales event)
  • huutokaupata verb (to sell at an auction)
  • myydä huutokaupassa verb (to sell at an auction)

French

3 entries
  • enchères noun (public sales event)
  • vente aux enchères noun (public sales event)
  • vente aux enchères verb (to sell at an auction)

Galician

4 entries
  • almoeda noun (public sales event)
  • leiloio noun (public sales event)
  • poxa noun (public sales event)
  • proia noun (public sales event)

Georgian

1 entries
  • აუქციონი noun (public sales event)

German

3 entries
  • Auktion noun (public sales event)
  • Versteigerung noun (public sales event)
  • versteigern verb (to sell at an auction)

Greek

3 entries
  • δημοπρασία noun (public sales event)
  • πλειστηριασμός noun (public sales event)
  • πλειστηριάζω verb (to sell at an auction)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • લિલામ noun (public sales event)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • מכירה פומבית \ מְכִירָה פֻּמְבִּית noun (public sales event)

Hindi

2 entries
  • नीलाम noun (public sales event)
  • नीलामी noun (public sales event)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • aukció noun (public sales event)
  • árverés noun (public sales event)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • uppboð noun (public sales event)

Ido

1 entries
  • auciono noun (public sales event)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • lelang noun (public sales event)

Iranian Persian

1 entries
  • مُزایِدِه noun (public sales event)

Irish

4 entries
  • ceant noun (public sales event)
  • ceantáil noun (public sales event)
  • ceantáil verb (to sell at an auction)
  • cuir ar ceant verb (to sell at an auction)

Italian

3 entries
  • asta noun (public sales event)
  • mettere all'asta verb (to sell at an auction)
  • vendere all'asta verb (to sell at an auction)

Japanese

4 entries
  • オークション noun (public sales event)
  • 競 noun (public sales event)
  • 競り売り noun (public sales event)
  • 競売 noun (public sales event)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • аукцион noun (public sales event)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ការដេញថ្លៃ noun (public sales event)

Korean

3 entries
  • 경매 noun (public sales event)
  • 옥션 noun (public sales event)
  • 경매하다 verb (to sell at an auction)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • аукцион noun (public sales event)

Lao

2 entries
  • ການປະມູນ noun (public sales event)
  • ເລຫຼັງ noun (public sales event)

Latin

2 entries
  • auctiō noun (public sales event)
  • praeco verb (to sell at an auction)

Latvian

2 entries
  • izsole noun (public sales event)
  • ūtrupe noun (public sales event)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • aukcionas noun (public sales event)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • аукција noun (public sales event)

Malay

2 entries
  • lelong noun (public sales event)
  • melelong verb (to sell at an auction)

Mongolian

4 entries
  • дуудлага худалдаа noun (public sales event)
  • үнэ хаялцуулах noun (public sales event)
  • ᠦᠨ᠎ᠡ ᠬᠠᠶᠠᠯᠴᠠᠭᠤᠯᠬᠤ noun (public sales event)
  • ᠳᠠᠭᠤᠳᠠᠯᠭ᠎ᠠ ᠬᠤᠳᠠᠯᠳᠤᠭ᠎ᠠ noun (public sales event)

Māori

2 entries
  • mākete noun (public sales event)
  • mākete verb (to sell at an auction)

Norman

1 entries
  • vendue noun (public sales event)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • mezad noun (public sales event)
  • muzayede noun (public sales event)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • auksjon noun (public sales event)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • auksjon noun (public sales event)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • مزایده noun (public sales event)

Pashto

2 entries
  • ليلام noun (public sales event)
  • مزايده noun (public sales event)

Persian

1 entries
  • مزایده verb (to sell at an auction)

Polish

3 entries
  • aukcja noun (public sales event)
  • licytacja noun (public sales event)
  • aukcjonować verb (to sell at an auction)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • leilão noun (public sales event)
  • leiloar verb (to sell at an auction)

Romanian

1 entries
  • licitaţie noun (public sales event)

Russian

3 entries
  • аукцио́н noun (public sales event)
  • продава́ть с аукцио́на verb (to sell at an auction)
  • продава́ть с молотка́ verb (to sell at an auction)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • aùkcija noun (public sales event)
  • ау̀кција noun (public sales event)

Slovak

1 entries
  • dražba noun (public sales event)

Slovene

2 entries
  • dražba noun (public sales event)
  • dražiti verb (to sell at an auction)

Spanish

4 entries
  • almoneda noun (public sales event)
  • aucción noun (public sales event)
  • licitación noun (public sales event)
  • remate noun (public sales event)

Swahili

1 entries
  • mnada noun (public sales event)

Swedish

2 entries
  • auktion noun (public sales event)
  • auktionera verb (to sell at an auction)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • amboy noun (public sales event)
  • pasalukan noun (public sales event)

Tajik

2 entries
  • ауксион noun (public sales event)
  • музояда noun (public sales event)

Tamil

1 entries
  • ஏலம் noun (public sales event)

Telugu

2 entries
  • వేలం noun (public sales event)
  • వేలం వేయు verb (to sell at an auction)

Thai

2 entries
  • การประมูล noun (public sales event)
  • ขายทอดตลาด noun (public sales event)

Turkish

4 entries
  • açık arttırma noun (public sales event)
  • mezat noun (public sales event)
  • müzayede noun (public sales event)
  • açık artırma verb (to sell at an auction)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • auksion noun (public sales event)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • аукціо́н noun (public sales event)

Urdu

2 entries
  • نِیلام noun (public sales event)
  • نِیلامی noun (public sales event)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • auksion noun (public sales event)
  • auktsion noun (public sales event)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • bán đấu giá noun (public sales event)
  • đấu giá noun (public sales event)

Welsh

1 entries
  • arwerthiant noun (public sales event)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • ליציטאַציע noun (public sales event)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

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We will be willing to make a deal with you after the auction.

Source: tatoeba (19262)

I obtained the painting at an auction.

Source: tatoeba (19263)

The prices are those collectors would expect to pay at auction now.

Source: tatoeba (241695)

Farmers defaulting on loans had to auction off their land.

Source: tatoeba (265670)

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