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Auctioneer

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. One that conducts an auction.

v. To sell at auction.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A person who conducts an auction on behalf of a vendor, taking bids to find the best price for the vendor.

v. To sell at an auction; to auction.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A person who sells by auction; a person whose business it is to dispose of goods or lands by public sale to the highest or best bidder.

v. To sell by auction; to auction.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. One whose business is to offer goods or property for sale by auction; the crier who calls for bids and strikes the bargain at an auction; a person licensed to dispose of goods or property by public sale to the highest bidder.

To sell by auction.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. an agent who conducts an auction

v. sell at an auction

Word Usage

"Ring announcer Bruce Buffer, who has a disturbing baby face with the high pompadour of an auctioneer from the cattle lots in Oklahoma, steps into the octagon to introduce the card."

Verb Form

auctioneered auctioneering auctioneers

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

factor broker agent sell

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

auction

Verb Stem

auction

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

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Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

stockbroker land-surveyor