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roup sale
(Scottish and Northern English) An auction

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  • Roup — Roup, n. 1. An outcry; hence, a sale of gods by auction. [Scot.] Jamieson. [1913 Webster] To roup, that is, the sale of his crops, was over. J. C. Shairp. [1913 Webster] 2. A disease in poultry. See {Pip}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Sale — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Sale >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 sale sale vent disposal Sgm: N 1 auction auction roup Dutch auction Sgm: N 1 outcry outcry vendue Sgm: N 1 custom custom …   English dictionary for students

  • roup — A disease of chickens. Hoarseness. An auction sale. See articles of roup …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • roup — 1. verb /ɹuːp/ a) To cry or shout b) To sell by auction. 2. noun /ɹuːp/ a) An outcry. b) A sale of goods by auction. Syn: canker …   Wiktionary

  • articles of roup — (Scotch.) The memorandum of the conditions governing a public auction sale …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • auction — 1. noun /ˈɔːkʃən,ˈɒkʃən/ A public event where goods or property are sold to the highest bidder. Syn: roup sale 2. verb /ˈɔːkʃən,ˈɒkʃən/ To sell at an auction …   Wiktionary

  • auction — n public sale, vendue, Scot and North Eng. roup, Chiefly Irish. cant; tag sale, yard sale, garage sale …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • vendue — n auction, public auction, auction sale, outcry, Scot, and North Eng. roup; garage sale, tag sale, rummage sale …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • auction — (n.) a sale by increase of bids, 1590s, from L. auctionem (nom. auctio) an increasing sale, auction, public sale, noun of action from pp. stem of augere to increase, from PIE root *aug to increase (see AUGMENT (Cf. augment)). In northern England… …   Etymology dictionary

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