Roup

[Grogie]

To sell something by auction. Also, an auction(noun). It comes from Middle English via Scandinavian.

[skinem]

I've worked auctions (not the auctioneer-I can't think that fast much less speak that fast) for over 20 years as my father-in-law was an auctioneer. Never heard this word. I'll have to see if he knows it. Bet he has.
Thanks for the word!

Are auctions very common in the U.K.? They are in some areas of the U.S. Here in the south they are a common and accepted way of selling property (personal, real, and farm related) quickly. In other parts of the U.S. they seem to be associated with foreclosures only and therefore have a negative connotation and reputation.

[Grogie]

Thanks Skinem. I thought that ''roup'' was universally used in English but I,ve since discovered that it,s used principally in the U.K. It is a very interesting word indeed.

[Sunny]

In my area of Canada, auctions are a rare thing. Occasionally we have police auctions to sell off the impounded vehicles and recovered stolen property. We also have charity auctions where items are donated and then auctioned off to raise money for a cause. I have never been to a "real" auction but I would love to be front and center at a BARRETT-JACKSON CLASSIC CAR AUCTION.

[Bailey]

I have never been to a "real" auction

I used to go to the Saturday morning auctions to buy farm animals. It was a lot of fun, car auctions sound very exciting.

mark loves-cars Bailey

[Sunny]

An infectious disease of poultry and pigeons characterized by inflammation of and mucous discharge from the mouth and eyes

I wanted to see the word "roup" used in a sentence, but most dictionaries only have the above meaning. I only found two instances of "roup" in reference to an auction. It certainly is an obscure word!

[skinem]

Sunny's roup reference and Grogie's are extremely different!
A nasty disease or an auction...wonder how those two diverse meanings became associated with the same word?

[Bailey]

roup (dialect)
noun

1. A sale by auction.

verb

rouped, rouping
1. To sell something by auction.

Etymology: 16c: Scandinavian, originally meaning ‘to shout'.

from allwords

Noun: roup roop
A disease in poultry

[UK] A sale of gods by auction

from wordweb

roup (rūp)
n.
An infectious disease of poultry and pigeons characterized by inflammation of and mucous discharge from the mouth and eyes.

[Origin unknown.]

from Answers.com

roup

1. An outcry; hence, a sale of gods by auction. To roup, that is, the sale of his crops, was over. (J. C. Shairp)

2. A disease in poultry. See pip.

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so if it's an auction it comes from the final cry at the sale, and if it's infection, unknown in origin.

mark cries-roup Bailey

[Grogie]

Sunny, I thought that ''roup'' might be used fairly frequently in Canada because of Canada,s British nature but apparently that,s not so. I,ve since discovered that, even in the U.K. the word,s usage is confined primarily to Scotland. I have to believe that it isn,t used even there much anymore.