"auctioneer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: auctioneers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) Etymology: From auction + -eer. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|auction|eer}} auction + -eer Head templates: {{en-noun}} auctioneer (plural auctioneers)
  1. An individual who conducts an auction on behalf of a vendor, accepting bids to find the best price for the vendor. Categories (topical): Occupations, People Derived forms: auctioneeress Translations (one who conducts an auction): afslaer (Afrikaans), مُزَايِد (muzāyid) [masculine] (Arabic), subhastador [masculine] (Catalan), 拍賣商 (Chinese Mandarin), 拍卖商 (pāimàishāng) (Chinese Mandarin), auktionarius [common-gender] (Danish), veilingmeester [masculine] (Dutch), vendumeester [masculine] (Dutch), veilinghouder [masculine] (Dutch), afslager [masculine] (Dutch), huutokaupanpitäjä (Finnish), commissaire-priseur [masculine] (French), poxador (Galician), Auktionator [masculine] (German), Versteigerer [masculine] (German), εκπλειστηριαστής (ekpleistiriastís) [masculine] (Greek), δημοπράτης (dimoprátis) [masculine] (Greek), battitore [masculine] (Italian), banditore [masculine] (Italian), аукционшы (auksionşy) (Kazakh), praecō [masculine] (Latin), kaimākete (Maori), encanteux [masculine] (Norman), auksjonarius [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), auksjonarius [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), aukcjoner [masculine] (Polish), leiloeiro [masculine] (Portuguese), licitator [masculine] (Romanian), adjudecător [masculine] (Romanian), аукциони́ст (aukcioníst) [masculine] (Russian), аукциони́стка (aukcionístka) [feminine] (Russian), pregonero [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), subastador [masculine] (Spanish), rematador [masculine] (Spanish), dalali (Swahili), auktionsutropare [common-gender] (Swedish), auktionsförrättare [common-gender] (Swedish), auktionist [common-gender] (Swedish)
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Verb

Forms: auctioneers [present, singular, third-person], auctioneering [participle, present], auctioneered [participle, past], auctioneered [past]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) Etymology: From auction + -eer. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|auction|eer}} auction + -eer Head templates: {{en-verb}} auctioneer (third-person singular simple present auctioneers, present participle auctioneering, simple past and past participle auctioneered)
  1. (transitive) To sell at an auction; to auction. Tags: transitive Translations (to sell at an auction): 拍賣 (Chinese Mandarin), 拍卖 (pāimài) (Chinese Mandarin), huutokaupata (Finnish), enchérir (French), poxar (Galician), versteigern (German), verauktionieren (German), πλειστηριάζω (pleistiriázo) (Greek), δημοπρατώ (dimoprató) (Greek), aukcjonować [dated, imperfective] (Polish), leiloar (Portuguese), licita (Romanian), rematar (Spanish), subastar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-auctioneer-en-verb-LVcENERT Disambiguation of 'to sell at an auction': 100 0
  2. (intransitive) To act as an auctioneer. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-auctioneer-en-verb-NksKhdW1

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      "sense": "one who conducts an auction",
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      "sense": "one who conducts an auction",
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      "word": "commissaire-priseur"
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      "sense": "one who conducts an auction",
      "word": "poxador"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "one who conducts an auction",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "one who conducts an auction",
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      "word": "banditore"
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      "sense": "one who conducts an auction",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "word": "adjudecător"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "to sell at an auction",
      "word": "拍賣"
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      "sense": "to sell at an auction",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "to sell at an auction",
      "word": "enchérir"
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "to sell at an auction",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to sell at an auction",
      "word": "versteigern"
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      "sense": "to sell at an auction",
      "word": "verauktionieren"
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "to sell at an auction",
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "to sell at an auction",
      "word": "leiloar"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to sell at an auction",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "to sell at an auction",
      "word": "rematar"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "to sell at an auction",
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