競せり売ばい買ばい

noun

auction

Formal or legal term for auction; the more common word is 競売 (きょうばい).

See also: 競売買 (きょうばいばい)

• 競せり売ばい買ばいで絵かい画がが高こう額がくで落らく札さつされた。

  The painting was sold for a high price at auction.