noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'
auctioning; selling at auction
Refers to the act of selling goods through an auction, where buyers bid against each other.
古い家具を競り売りに出した。
I put the old furniture up for auction.
競り売りで高値がついた。
It fetched a high price at the auction.
Standard kanji spelling for auction selling.
Variant spelling; less common than 競り売り.
Compound of 競り (seri, 'bidding, auction') and 売り (uri, 'selling'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word is transparently formed from these two elements.