dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/auc_MW.json
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{
"auction bridge":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a bridge game differing from contract bridge in that tricks made in excess of the contract are scored toward game":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1871, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-121302",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"aucuba mosaic":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a mosaic of the potato and other plants of the family Solanaceae, the leaves of affected plants resembling the normal leaves of the Japanese laurel ( Aucuba japonica )":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114358",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"auctioneer":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an agent who sells goods at auction":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u022fk-sh\u0259-\u02c8nir"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"The auctioneer started the bidding at $100.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Visit the auctioneer \u2019s website at 12pm this Thursday to place your bids. \u2014 Demetrius Simms, Robb Report , 8 June 2022",
"All the while, auctioneer Simon de Pury wielded his auction gavel with an incredible enthusiasm that encouraged bidders to prove the extent of their deep pockets in the name of charity. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 1 June 2022",
"Renowned auctioneer Simon de Pury manned the hammer on the evening, driving up bids for such items as a luxury trip to the Galpagos Islands, which went for $909,000. \u2014 Allyson Portee, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 May 2022",
"The energy crackled in the room as the veteran auctioneer Jussi Pylkkanen toggled between bidders on the phone and in the seats. \u2014 New York Times , 9 May 2022",
"The actual auction features a dynamic auctioneer wearing cowboys boots, while buyers and winemakers are mixed together at round tables to enjoy local food, wine, and networking. \u2014 Liz Thach, Forbes , 4 May 2022",
"Over March 19 and 20, the auctioneer collected $1.8 million for parts of it, mostly from private collectors, during the first of what is expected to be at least two auctions in Dallas. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 8 May 2022",
"Brady came out of retirement and wanted Lelands, the auctioneer , to void the sale. \u2014 oregonlive , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Two phone bidders wound up competing for the work, with the auctioneer hammering the gavel at $39.3 million for a final sale price of $45.4 million including Sotheby\u2019s commission. \u2014 Kelly Crow, WSJ , 27 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1708, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-162402"
},
"aucuba green":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a light olive that is greener and stronger than citrine, deeper and slightly greener than grape green, and greener and very slightly lighter than old moss green":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-170321"
},
"auction house":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a business that runs auctions":[
"She works as an auctioneer at an auction house ."
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-175251"
},
"auction forty-fives":{
"type":[
"noun plural but singular or plural in construction"
],
"definitions":{
": a card game that is a variant of spoil five and forty-five":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-211742"
},
"AUC":{
"type":[
"abbreviation"
],
"definitions":{
"from the year of the founding of the city (of Rome)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin ab urbe condita":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-014205"
},
"aucuba":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a genus of shrubs (family Cornaceae) native to eastern Asia and having persistent often mottled foliage, small purple flowers in terminal panicles, and red berries":[],
": a plant of the genus Aucuba":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u022fky\u0259b\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Japanese aokoba aucuba, from ao green + ki, ko tree + ba leaf":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-020444"
},
"auction":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": a sale of property to the highest bidder":[],
": the act or process of bidding in some card games":[],
": to sell at auction":[
"auctioned off his library"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u022fk-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"She bought the desk at an auction .",
"He made several bids at the auction .",
"Verb",
"They auctioned a similar desk last year.",
"The house was auctioned last week.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Up for auction went his Burrow rookie, a National Treasures card that features an autograph and a jersey patch. \u2014 The Enquirer , 23 June 2022",
"The painting was sold Tuesday for auction at re\u2014inc, a company Heath founded with team members Megan Rapinoe, Meghan Klingenberg and Christen Press. \u2014 Wilson Wong, NBC News , 22 June 2022",
"This generation of 944, which is up for auction on Bring a Trailer\u2014which, like Car and Driver, is part of Hearst Autos\u2014came in 1989 and was labeled the 944 S2, the third and final variation of the car. \u2014 Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver , 20 June 2022",
"The last time a copy of the First Folio went up for auction was in 2020, when California\u2019s Mills College netted a record-breaking $10 million for the book to help cover budget shortfalls. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 June 2022",
"All seven Bowlen children could not reach an agreement on who should take charge, so the team was put up for auction . \u2014 New York Times , 8 June 2022",
"But the Krishna had left the country long before that, going up for auction in Belgium in 1920. \u2014 Mark Jenkins, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
"The example up for auction is coated in a beautiful coat of Pearl White paint, which helps accentuate its enlarged intake ducts, fin strakes and giant rear wing. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 27 May 2022",
"This rare listing is asking $3.1 million, a figure that is sure to cause a stir at Sotheby\u2019s auction on June 9. \u2014 Demetrius Simms, Robb Report , 8 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Financial help for children displaced by the war in Ukraine was due to come from an unlikely quarter later Monday, when Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov looked to auction off his Nobel Peace Prize medal in New York. \u2014 David Keyton, BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022",
"Elton John has made his entrance into the world of web3 by partnering with Jadu and Sweet to auction a Rocket Man NFT hoverboard that will let Metaverse avatars fly in style, with all sales benefiting the Elton John AIDS Foundation. \u2014 Thania Garcia, Variety , 20 June 2022",
"The card currently belongs to three Whatnot users who purchased a stake in the pull and have opted to auction it off \u2013 and maybe Drake will get in on the action again. \u2014 Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY , 6 June 2022",
"The battle centers on who can fairly claim ownership of the frock, and whether Catholic University and Bonhams should be allowed to auction it off. \u2014 Melissa Korn, WSJ , 3 June 2022",
"When announcing his decision to auction off his Nobel medal, Muratov noted the precedent set by the physicist Niels Bohr, who sold his Nobel Prize in Physics in 1940 to support Finnish relief. \u2014 Tori Latham, Robb Report , 2 June 2022",
"Luhrmann took the stage to auction off an Elvis guitar. \u2014 Allyson Portee, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 May 2022",
"The government will auction $44 billion in three-year notes Tuesday and four- and eight-week bills on Thursday. \u2014 Anne Cronin, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
"On May 12, Christie\u2019s New York will auction 12 of the works that hung in her Manhattan apartment, a sale expected to fetch more than a quarter of a billion dollars. \u2014 Ian Malone, Vogue , 11 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin auction-, auctio , from aug\u0113re to increase \u2014 more at eke":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1595, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1723, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-021757"
},
"auction market":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a trading center operating without set prices, terms and transactions being arranged between sellers offering lowest prices and buyers offering highest":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-025210"
},
"auction pinochle":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a pinochle game usually for four players, sometimes for three or five, only three being active on each deal, active players being dealt 15 cards each and bidding for the privilege of using the 3-card widow, melding, designating the trump, and leading to the first trick":[],
": any pinochle game in which the players bid for the privilege of designating the trump":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-031020"
},
"auction pitch":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an all-fours game in which the players bid for the privilege of leading a card of the suit that is to be the trump":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-041023"
},
"auction pool":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a betting pool in which selections (as of starters in a horse race) are sold at auction, the auctioneer usually retaining a percentage of the pool":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-041041"
},
"auctorial":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": of or relating to an author":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u022fk-\u02c8t\u022fr-\u0113-\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin auctor author \u2014 more at author":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1821, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-123953"
},
"auctor":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the author or source (such as a vendor or assignor) of a right or title : principal":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u022fk\u02cct\u022f(\u0259)r",
"\u02c8au\u0307k-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin, author":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-183322"
},
"auca":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a member of a group of indigenous people of western or southern South America":[],
": araucanian":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8au\u0307k\u0259",
"-\u02cck\u00e4 also \u02c8\u022fk\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Spanish, from Araucanian, literally, enemy, from Quechua \u00e1ukka enemy, rebel":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-105834"
},
"Aucan":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": araucanian":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u022fk-",
"\u02c8au\u0307k\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Aucan from Spanish aucano , from auca + -ano -an; Aucanian from Spanish aucano + English -ian":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-084347"
},
"Aucaner":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": one of a group of people of African ancestry descended from runaway slaves and dwelling on the upper Cormotibo river in Dutch Guiana":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-215123"
}
}