Synonyms and antonyms of Auctions and auctioning in British Thesaurus

auction (noun)

a public occasion when things are sold to the people who offer the most money for them

auction (noun)

connected with an auction or bought at an auction

auction (verb)

to sell something at an auction

auctioneer (noun)

someone whose job is to sell things at an auction

bid (verb)

to offer a particular amount of money for something, for example at an auction (=an event where things are sold to the person who offers the most money)

bid (noun)

an offer to give a particular amount of money for something, for example at an auction (=an event where things are sold to the person who offers the most money)

bidder (noun)

someone who makes bids for something, for example at an auction (=an event where things are sold to the person who offers the most money)

bidding (noun)

the process of making bids for things, for example at an auction (=an event where things are sold to the person who offers the most money)

bid up ()

to offer money for something in order to increase its price, and not because you want to buy it

come/go under the hammer ()

to be sold at an auction (=a public sale in which objects are sold to the person who offers the most money)

Dutch auction (noun)

a sale in which the price of something gradually goes down until someone agrees to buy it

eBay ()

a website where people buy and sell things by auctioning them (=selling them to the person who offers most money)

going, going, gone ()

used by an auctioneer for saying that an object has just been sold

lot (noun)

a thing or group of things that are to be sold, especially in an auction

on the block ()

for sale at an auction (=a public sale where people offer money to buy things)

outbid (verb)

to offer to pay more than someone else for something that you want to buy, especially at an auction

overbid (verb)

to offer more money than something is worth

reserve price (noun)

the lowest price that someone will accept when they sell something at an auction

saleroom (noun)

British a room or building where things are sold by auction

shill bidding (noun)

the practice of bidding for something that you are selling in an auction in order to increase the selling price

silent auction (noun)

a way of selling something in which people put an offer of a particular amount of money inside an envelope, the envelopes are opened when the sale takes place, and the person who offers the most money buys the object

Sotheby’s ()

a place in London and New York where old, rare, or valuable objects are sold in auctions

starting price (noun)

the price that something is given at the beginning of an auction