auctioned
SayAWK-shuhndUS · AUS/ˈɔkʃənd/UK/ˈɔːkʃənd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of auction.
The family auctioned off its antique furniture after the move.
Several rare manuscripts were auctioned at the gallery last month.
Note
One spelling does two jobs here. It is the simple past (they auctioned the lot) and also the participle after have or be (had auctioned, was auctioned). It pairs naturally with off, as in auctioned off. The verb refers only to selling. Auction has a separate card-game meaning, the bidding stage of a deal, but it has no matching verb, so auctioned never describes players bidding for a contract.
auctioned is a form of auction
auction, verb: To sell goods or property through an auction to the highest bidder. Full entry
- Forms
- auctionauctions he/she/itauctioning -ing formauctioned past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- auction → auctioned: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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