Auction
Auction verb - Sell at an auction.
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Contract and auction are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Contract" instead a verb "Auction".
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- In 1956, the show was originally called Auction-Aire, but when the pilot proved disastrous NBC wanted to buy out the show's contract and cancel it.
Source: Pilot - They get 30 days to negotiate a contract (at which point, the auction fee is delivered) or the player must return to Japan (in which case the posting fee is refunded).
Source: That One Rule - Contract Bridge (the type played today) was invented in 1925, as a modified form of Auction Bridge (1904) — which was in turn derived from Russian Whist (1880s) and ultimately from the 17th C.
Source: Tabletop Game / Bridge
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