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auctioneer
/ ˌɔ˰ìʃəˈ²Ôɪə /
noun
- a person who conducts an auction by announcing the lots and controlling the bidding
verb
- tr to sell by auction
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of auctioneer1
Example Sentences
These should have been safely in Scotland's archives, not being offloaded to the highest bidder via a bang of the auctioneer's gavel.
She said it "passed through the hands of experts, conservators, auctioneers, dealers, and collectors from London to Toronto".
Despite the auctioneer lowering the starting bid to just 50p, nobody bid and the item was unsold.
TV auctioneer Charles Hanson has been cleared of assaulting his wife and using controlling or coercive behaviour against her.
A TV auctioneer used violence against his wife over a 10-year period which began after he put her in a headlock during an argument, a court has heard.
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