Auction
Trade
Trade noun - The transfer of ownership of something from one person to another for a price.
Usage example: the trade of all of her holdings in the company just before the stock plunged in value immediately aroused suspicions
Auction and trade are semantically related. You can use "Auction" instead the word "Trade" as a verb or a noun.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Having portals to each of the original capital cities, auction houses, high-end armor vendors, and close proximity to end-game content meant a high player density and trade.
Source: Merchant City - The unsuspecting mark will buy the item on the auction house (paying way more than it's worth), then when he turns around to sell it to the person in trade, he finds they're gone.
Source: Violin Scam -
Mars Needs Women: The raid happens while Sisu is on the planet of Starfish Aliens where they have to trade by silent auction because of no common language.
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