auction block meaning

Noun: auction block  okshun blók

1. A platform from which an auctioneer sells
   - block

Derived forms: auction blocks

Type of: platform

• auction:    Noun: auction  ...
• absolute auction:    [Business]noun [C] ...
• auction bridge:    Noun: auction brid ...

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1. they thought the lash would save them, and they used the lash; or the knife, or the gallows, or the auction block.
2. on the auction block this morning
3. on the auction block this morning
4. a handful of rare publicity posters for 2002's " spider-man " film will also be on the auction block
5. National Medical Care Inc . may be on the auction block.