Noun

auction (plural auctions)

  1. A public event where goods or property are sold to the highest bidder.

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Verb

to auction (third-person singular simple present auctions, present participle auctioning, simple past and past participle auctioned)

  1. To sell at an auction.

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From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Fri Sep 3 06:59:17 2010

An auction is a process of buying and selling goods or services by offering them up for bid, taking bids, and then selling the item to the highest bidder. In economic theory, an auction may refer to any mechanism or set of trading rules for exchange.

There are several variations on the basic auction form, including time limits, minimum or maximum limits on bid prices, and special rules for determining the winning bidder(s) and sale price(s). Participants in an auction may or may not know the identities or actions of other participants. Depending on the auction, bidders may participate in person or remotely through a variety of means, including telephone and the internet. The seller usually pays a commission to the auctioneer or auction company based on a percentage of the final sale price.

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Thu Sep 2 20:58:55 2010

How to make an eBay auction for one specific person and keep others from bidding?
Q. I'm trying to sell an item to a person, but we want to do it on eBay for protection and I need help on how to make the auction 'invisible' to other people. How would one go about in doing this?
Asked by Harold : ) - Tue Dec 1 19:16:26 2009 - - 12 Answers - 0 Comments

A. That isn't an auction, it's called "selling someone something".
Answered by Artemisc - Tue Dec 1 19:19:56 2009

How do I go about doing a private auction? I have an antique blue flowered loo and 78s and LP records.?
Q. Have had offers for the loo already. Was thinking of taking the records to an auction room. Do you think it`ll be worth it? Anyone interested in anything? Too bulky for ebay I think.
Asked by Rose D - Tue Jan 22 16:14:53 2008 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments

A. either an auction room or try ebay
Answered by SUE G online - Tue Jan 22 16:25:34 2008

How do you make a 24 hour auction on eBay?
Q. I've heard alot of people talk about how there "24 hour auction" on ebay went very well, but when I try to sell an item, the lowest I can go to is 3 day auctions. Please tell em how to do a 24 hour auction, and you'll get 10 points!
Asked by bballmasta567 - Tue Jul 29 19:18:11 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. I was able to find this: For a 1-day listing you must have either: A feedback score of 10. or A feedback score of 5, and have a PayPal account and accept PayPal as a payment method.
Answered by mykes_ - Tue Jul 29 19:22:02 2008

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Sat Sep 4 22:01:23 2010

See also:

  • eBayeBay
    ebay.com
    International person to person auction site, with products sorted into categories.
  • Penny Auction InvestigatorPenny Auction Investigator
    pennyauctioninvestigator.com
    Offers a variety of categories. Includes auction directory, message board and fraud alerts.
  • HiBidderHiBidder
    hibidder.com
    Offers a free auction service for a wide variety of categories.
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