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Auction off   /ˈɑkʃən ɔf/   Listen
Auction off

verb
1.
Sell at an auction.  Synonyms: auction, auctioneer.





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... the sheriff of the county might appear at the courthouse door in accordance with a previous announcement and auction off any unclaimed runaway that had been lodged in the county jail or hired out under his authority for a period of a year or more. The slaves thus sold were usually fugitives from the lower South who had been apprehended on their way to Ohio or Indiana. ...
— The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 • Various


Words linked to "Auction off" :   sell, auction, commerce, commercialism, mercantilism


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