auctioning
SayAWK-shuhn-ingUS · AUS/ˈɔkʃənɪŋ/UK/ˈɔːkʃənɪŋ/
- 1Present participle of auction.
The estate is auctioning its collection of rare paintings next month.
Auctioning the family farm was a painful but necessary decision.
Note
One spelling does two jobs. After a form of be it builds the progressive (the estate is auctioning its paintings); at the head of a clause it works as a gerund, a verbal noun naming the act (auctioning the farm was painful). Either way the verb takes a direct object: you auction a painting, a farm, a collection. It stays close to the noun auction, the public sale to the highest bidder.
auctioning is a form of auction
auction, verb: To sell goods or property through an auction to the highest bidder. Full entry
- Spelling
- auction → auctioning: add -ing
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