enchères
Meanings
Noun
1. an auction (always plural - enchères - when used in this sense in French. shortened from vente aux enchères)
Examples4
Le tableau s'est vendu aux enchères à un prix record.
The painting fetched a record price at auction.
Les objets non réclamés furent vendus aux enchères.
The unclaimed items were sold off at auction.
Cette peinture devrait rapporter pas mal d'argent aux enchères.
This painting should bring a lot of money at auction.
L'un de ses tableaux atteignit plus d'un million de dollars aux enchères.
One of his paintings fetched more than a million dollars at auction.