1. A variety of bridge in which tricks made in excess of the contract are scored toward game; now generally superseded by contract bridge
   - auction bridge 
2. The public sale of something to the highest bidder
   - auction sale, vendue

1. Sell at an auction
   - auction off, auctioneer

Derived forms: auctioned, auctioning, auctions

See also: auctioneer

Type of: bridge, flog [Brit], sale, sell

Encyclopedia: Auction

• diploidy
• diploma
• diplomacy
• diplomat
• diplomate
• diplomatic
• diplomatic bag
• diplomatic building
• diplomatic corps
• diplomatic immunity
• diplomatic minister
• diplomatic mission
• diplomatic negotiations
• diplomatic pouch
• diplomatic service
• diplomatical
• diplomatically
• diplomatist
• diplopia
• Diplopoda
• Diplopterygium
• Diplopterygium longissimum
• Diplotaxis
• Diplotaxis erucoides
• Diplotaxis muralis