auctioneer
An individual who conducts an auction on behalf of a vendor, accepting bids to find…An individual who conducts an auction on behalf of a vendor, accepting bids to find the best price for the vendor.
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» Tom used to be an auctioneer.
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1 sensesAn individual who conducts an auction on behalf of a vendor, accepting bids to find the best price for the vendor.
Auktionator, Versteigerer
аукциони́стaukcioníst, аукциони́сткаaukcionístka
an agent who conducts an auction
Examples
8 sentencesTom used to be an auctioneer.
Tom used to work as an auctioneer.
Tom is an auctioneer.
Ziri observed the auctioneer with keen interest.
The auctioneer spoke too fast to be understood.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Forms
plural: auctioneers| Singular | auctioneer |
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Word family
2 related wordsSee also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.