きょうばい
Kyoubai
Also read: けいばい
競売 (Kyoubai) is a Japanese noun meaning “auction”.
Meanings
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbauctionけいばい usu. in legal contexts
Examples
競売でその絵画を手に入れた。
I obtained the painting at an auction.
競売の後で喜んで取り引きしましょう。
We will be willing to make a deal with you after the auction.
借金が返済できなかった農民たちは、農地を競売にかけねばならなくなりました。
Farmers defaulting on loans had to auction off their land.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).