auctioning
競売にかけること
解説 Definition
auctioning は、auction（競売にかける）の動名詞・現在分詞で、競売にかけることという意味です。名詞としては、品物をオークションで売る行為や手続きを表します。
Auctioning is the act or process of offering property or goods for sale at an auction, where interested buyers place competing bids. It is also the present participle of the verb auction.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
auctioning は auction「競売にかける」に -ing をそのまま付けた形で、発音の中心も auction /ˈɔːkʃən/ から変わりません。the auctioning of paintings「絵画の競売」なら行為を表す名詞、They are auctioning paintings なら進行形です。値を競り上げて売る場面と結び付けましょう。
Start with the verb auction, “to sell something through competitive bidding,” and add -ing without changing the spelling of the base. The main pronunciation of auction remains /ˈɔːkʃən/ inside auctioning. As a noun or gerund, the auctioning of the paintings names the selling process. In a progressive verb phrase, they are auctioning the paintings describes an action in progress. Picture bidders raising the price as an item is offered for sale. This also connects the word with its historical root involving increase, but the modern meaning is specifically selling by auction.
例文
The auctioning of the old paintings began at noon.
古い絵画の競売は正午に始まりました。
They discussed auctioning the rare books to raise money.
彼らは資金を集めるために希少本を競売にかけることを話し合いました。
Online auctioning made it easier for small shops to sell special items.
オンラインで競売にかけることで、小さな店も特別な品を売りやすくなりました。
auctioning の類義語・関連語
auctioning の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語「auctio（増加・競り上げ）」に由来し、動詞augēre（増やす）が語根。競売では値段が次々に「増えていく」ことからこの名がついた。接尾辞-ingで動名詞化。関連語にaugment（増大させる）、author（増やす者→創始者）がある。
Auctioning is formed by adding -ing to the verb auction. Auction entered English from Latin auctio, “an increase” or “a sale by bidding,” derived from augere, “to increase.” The name reflects the traditional process in which bidders offer progressively higher prices. The ending -ing allows the verb to function as a present participle or as a gerund naming the act or process of selling goods by auction.
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