Hypertext Webster Gateway: "auctioneer"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Auctioneer \Auc`tion*eer"\, v. t.
To sell by auction; to auction.
Estates . . . advertised and auctioneered away.
--Cowper.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Auctioneer \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
auctioneer
n : an agent who conducts an auction
v : sell at an auction [syn: {auction}, {auction off}]
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