noun a sale or let by public auction: The new house was indeed lovely and Daddy soon furnished it, buying things very cheaply at roups and other sales. 18-.
verb to sell by public auction 18-. etymology: Scots; compare Dutch roep public announcement 1698; regional West Flanders a public auction in the second half of the 19th century; specific senses of roep ‘shout, clamour, an act of shouting’; also English northern and regional; form roop attested in Shelta; form roup attested by JS and BW