Auction
Auction noun - The public sale of something to the highest bidder.
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Sale is a synonym for auction. In some cases you can use "Sale" instead a noun "Auction". popular alternative
Sale
Sale noun - The transfer of ownership of something from one person to another for a price.
Usage example: my neighbor tried to make a sale, but no one was interested in buying his old car
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Synonyms for Sale
Auction is a synonym for sale in exchange of object for money topic. You can use "Auction" instead a noun "Sale". popular alternative
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Bones: there's an auction at which a famous movie prop sword is sold, but that sale is a fake (the rest of the auction is real) - they're trying to lure the person who killed the girl who owned it.
Source: Auction - The Ersatz Elevator, the sixth book of A Series of Unfortunate Events, featured an auction led by Count Olaf in disguise - and one of the items on sale was the Baudelaire siblings' kidnapped friends.
Source: Auction - Similarly, Gunbroker is an auction site devoted to firearms and related accessories, created because eBay prohibits the sale of such.
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