auction
noun
a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
will auction
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future tenseof auction.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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The Ministry of Finance will auction about 700 billion yen of 20-year JGBs on Tuesday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
The Treasury will auction $58 billion in 3-year notes.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
Germany will auction May 2041 green Bunds on Tuesday and it will launch new, August 2036-dated Bunds on Wednesday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
The Treasury will auction $58 billion in three-year notes on Tuesday, $39 billion in 10-year notes on Wednesday and $22 billion 30-year bonds on Thursday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
The prices are also put down, and of course, we never will auction a thing off for less, unless it is unsalable otherwise and we wish to dispose of it.”
From Young Auctioneers The Polishing of a Rolling Stone by Edward Stratemeyer
