Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

slave auction

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.99 in modern English

Syllables: slave auc-tion
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A lighthearted fundraising event where people volunteer to be bid upon in an auction, and act as servants to the winning bidders for a short period afterwards.

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see slave, auction. (an auction where slaves are sold)

Example Sentences

"She wants to know if Mr. Howard will approve one of the student council's fund-raising activities: a slave auction. She didn't think there would be any problem with it, but the student council advisor thought it would be best if she and Chad, the activities chair, cleared everything with the principal "just in case.""
"'I've got a super idea,' queried ^([sic]) a ninth-grade girl. 'Why don't we have a slave auction like the high school does? We could auction off people to do a certain thing and then give the money for some cause or something.'"

Inflected Forms

slave auctions (plural)

Questions

What does slave auction mean?: A lighthearted fundraising event where people volunteer to be bid upon in an auction, and act as servants to the winning bidders for a short period afterwards.

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