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auctioneer

nounB2+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #10,716 of 15,258neutral

Other forms: auctioneers

An auctioneer is the person who conducts a sale by bidding. The auctioneer's hammer, a fast auctioneer, call the auctioneer.

The chant is a real technique and is taught: keeping a rhythm going stops the room thinking and keeps the bids coming. The auctioneer is legally the seller's agent, which is worth remembering when they seem to be encouraging you.

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Definitions of auctioneer

  1. 1nounauctioneerThe person who conducts a sale by bidding.B2+

    “The auctioneer raised his hammer and called for any final bids.”

auctioneer is a person.

Where it comes from

  1. Proto-Indo-European

    *h₂ewg-

  2. Latin

    auctiō — an increase, auction

  3. English

    auction

  4. English, today

    auctioneer

Built from

  • augeō · Latin — to increase

From auction + -eer. auction comes from Latin auctiō (“an increase, auction”), from augeō (“to increase”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Antiques & Collecting

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auctioneer in the wild

  • An auctioneer may announce prices, while bidders submit bids vocally or electronically.

    Auction

  • The auctioneer opens the auction by announcing a suggested opening bid, a starting price, or a reserve for the item on sale.

    English auction

  • Then the auctioneer accepts increasingly higher bids from the floor and sometimes from other sources, for example online or telephone bids.

    English auction

  • Billpoint was the name of a person-to-person money transfer service founded in 1998, and purchased in 1999 by online auctioneer eBay.

    Billpoint

  • Timothy Wonnacott is an English chartered auctioneer, chartered surveyor, antiques expert, narrator, and a television presenter.

    Tim Wonnacott

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