{
    "term": "auction",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a public sale in which things are sold to the person who offers the most money for them",
            "sensetop": "at auctionup for auction",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an auction of paintings"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A classic Rolls-Royce fetched *(= was sold for)* £25 000 at auction.",
                    "contextForm": "at auction"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The house is up for auction *(= will be sold at an auction)*.",
                    "contextForm": "up for auction"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an internet auction site"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I try to buy furniture at auctions because it is cheaper that way."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In a reverse auction, the price is driven steadily down."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The estate is holding an auction to raise money."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The goods were put up for sale by auction."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The horse will be put up for public auction."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Art", "Money"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["public", "charity", "Internet"],
                "verb + auction": ["hold", "conduct", "attend"],
                "auction + verb": ["take place"],
                "auction + noun": ["house", "room", "item"],
                "preposition": ["at auction", "by auction"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɔːkʃn//ˈɒkʃn/",
                "audio": "au/auction/auction__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɔːkʃn/",
                "audio": "au/auction/auction__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 16th cent.: from Latin auctio(n-) ‘increase, auction’, from the verb augere ‘to increase’."
}