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Used Definition–adjective | 1. | previously used or owned; secondhand: a used car. |
| 2. | showing wear or being worn out. |
| 3. | employed for a purpose; utilized. |
—Idiom| 4. | used to, accustomed or habituated to: I'm not used to cold weather. They weren't used to getting up so early. |
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Computer Definition–noun | 1. | Also called processor. an electronic device designed to accept data, perform prescribed mathematical and logical operations at high speed, and display the results of these operations. Compare analog computer, digital computer. |
| 2. | a person who computes; computist. |
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Auction Definition–noun | 1. | Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder. |
| 2. | Cards.
| b. | (in bridge or certain other games) the competitive bidding to fix a contract that a player or players undertake to fulfill. |
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–verb (used with object) | 3. | to sell by auction (often fol. by off): He auctioned off his furniture. |
[Origin: 1585–95; < L auctiōn- (s. of auctiō) an increase, esp. in the bidding at a sale, equiv. to auct( us) increased, ptp. of augére ( aug- increase + -tus ptp. suffix) + -iōn- -ion ] | From Dictionary
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