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Meaning of AUCTIONEER

Pronunciation:  `okshu'neer

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  an agent who conducts an auction
  2. [v]  sell at an auction
 
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 Synonyms: auction, auction off
 
 See Also: agent, broker, factor, sell

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Auc`tion*eer"\, 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.
    
  2. \Auc`tion*eer"\, v. t.
    To sell by auction; to auction.
          Estates . . . advertised and auctioneered away.
                                                   --Cowper.
    
 

 

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