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Spell Bee Word: auction


Basic Details

Word: Auction

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: A public sale at which each item goes to the person who offers the most money for it.

Synonyms: sale, bidding

How to Spell Auction

Syllables: auc - tion

Tricky part: It starts with au, not o or aw, even though it sounds like awk. The ending is tion.

Watch out for: oction, aucsion, awction

Memory tip: Auction opens with au, just like audience and author, and there is always an audience at an auction.

Usage Examples

Example 1: The old painting was sold at auction for ten lakh rupees.

Example 2: Before an IPL season, teams buy players at an auction.

Example 3: The school held an auction of students' artwork to raise money for the library.

Fun Fact

Auction comes from the Latin auctio, an increasing, because the price goes up with every new bid.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Only one word in the list is spelt correctly. Choose the meaning of that word.

1. merchent 2. auction 3. bargin 4. purchace

a) a trader who buys and sells goods
b) the act of buying something
c) a public sale to the highest bidder
d) something bought for less than its usual price

Show answer

c) a public sale to the highest bidder. Auction is the safe spelling here; bargain, purchase and merchant are what the other three should say.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

_uc_ion

a) o, s
b) o, t
c) a, t
d) a, s

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c) a, t. The word opens au, and the end is the familiar tion.

Mingle-Mangle

Unjumble the word in the sentence and choose it:

The rare stamp will be sold at a city nicauto next month.

a) auction
b) caution
c) suction
d) action

Show answer

a) auction. Caution has the very same letters, but things are sold at an auction.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At an auction, who gets the item?

a) the person who bids the highest
b) the youngest bidder
c) the seller's friend
d) the first person to arrive

Show answer

a) the person who bids the highest

2. The person who runs an auction is called an ____.

a) usher
b) auctioneer
c) auditor
d) author

Show answer

b) auctioneer

Associated Words

refusedcriedrememberforbidinclination
managerwithinflatterbewilderedsingular

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