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Definition: Auctioneer |
AuctioneerNoun1. An agent who conducts an auction. Verb1. Sell at an auction. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "auctioneer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1777. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Satire | AUCTIONEER, n. The man who proclaims with a hammer that he has picked a pocket with his tongue. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
Business | A person who is professionally authorised to sell by auction. Source: European Union. (references) |
Occupations | Sells articles at auction to highest bidder: Appraises merchandise before sale and assembles merchandise in lots according to estimated value of individual pieces or type of article. Selects article to be auctioned at suggestion of bidders or by own choice. Appraises article and determines or asks for starting bid. Describes merchandise and gives information about article, such as history and ownership, in order to encourage bidding. Continues to ask for bids, attempting to stimulate buying desire of bidders. Closes sale to highest bidder. May write auction catalog and advertising copy for local or trade newspapers and periodicals. May be designated according to property auctioned as Auctioneer, Art (retail trade; wholesale tr.); Auctioneer, Automobile (wholesale tr.); Auctioneer, Furniture (retail trade; wholesale tr.); Auctioneer, Livestock (retail trade; wholesale tr.); Auctioneer, Real Estate (retail trade; wholesale tr.); Auctioneer, Tobacco (wholesale tr.). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: AuctioneerSynonyms: auction (v), auction off (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Consignee | Functionary, placeman, curator; treasurer; factor, bailiff, clerk, secretary, attorney, advocate, solicitor, proctor, broker, underwriter, commission agent, auctioneer, one's man of business; factotum; (director); caretaker; dalal, dubash, garnishee, gomashta. |
Sale | Seller; vender, vendor; merchant; auctioneer. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Auctioneer |
| English words defined with "auctioneer": auction block, Auctionary ♦ block, By-bidder ♦ call ♦ Peter Funk ♦ Vendue master. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "auctioneer": Auction ♦ COMMERCIAL LOAN COLLECTION OFFICER ♦ special loan officer. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Country Auctioneer (1953) The Auctioneer (1927) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Fish auction (buyer and auctioneer) at the Portland Fish Exchange. Credit: Fisheries. |  | The auctioneer. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Auctioneer at country auction near Aledo, Illinois. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Strawberry auctioneer, Hammond, Louisiana. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Farmers in warehouse during the auction sale. Two bookmen on each side of the row follow the auctioneer and buyers calculating the amount of the sale by multiplying the price times the number of pounds. Mebane, Orange County, North Carolina. See subregion. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The son of an older tobacco auctioneer relieves his father at the end of the row during sale. Mebane, Orange County, North Carolina. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Tobacco auctioneer (in white gloves) and buyers during auction sale in warehouse in Mebane, Orange County, North Carolina. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | An old couple listening to the auctioneer at the sale of Mr. Anthony Yecek's farm. Derby, Connecticut. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Mr. E.S. Beardsley, a typical New England auctioneer. A great talker, he is active in local politics and in church work. At the auction of Mr. Anthony Yacek's farm. Derby, Connecticut. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | West Danville, Vermont. The auctioneer at a farm sale. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Oscar Wilde | Absolute catholicity of taste is not without its dangers. It is only an auctioneer who should admire all schools of art. |
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| "Auctioneer" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 91.71% of the time. "Auctioneer" is used about 181 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 91.71% | 166 | 24,220 |
| Noun (proper) | 5.52% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 2.21% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.55% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 181 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "auctioneer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaans | afslaer. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | drejtues ankandi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | الدلال, البائع بالمزاد, دلال بائع بالمزاد العلني, باع بالمزاد العلني. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | аукционер, продавам на търг. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 拍卖人. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | licitátor, dražitel (bidder). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | auktionarius. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | vendumeester, veilingmeester (auctioneer and valuer), afslager. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | aŭkciisto. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | huutokaupan toimittaja. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | commissaire-priseur (auctioneer and valuer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | auktionator, Versteigerer (auctioneer and valuer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πλειστηριαστήσ, ο διενεργών δημοπρασία, δημοπράτησ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מכריז (announcer, crier, declarer), מ "ל מכיר" פומבית. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | árverésvezető. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | pelelang, juru lelang. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | casa d'aste, banditore (crier). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 競売人 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | きょうばいに". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | canteyder. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | auctioneeray leiloeiro (crier). (various references) vinde la licitaţie (sell by auction), vânzãtor la licitaţie, licitant (bidder). (various references) аукционист. (various references) mofantisi. (various references) voditi aukciju, voditelj aukcije. (various references) subastador, rematador. (various references) auktionsförrättare. (various references) açık artırmacı, açık artırma ile satmak (auction, auction off, sell at auction, sell by auction), mezatçı. (various references) аукціоніст, продавати з аукціону. (various references) người bán đấu giá. (various references) arwerthwr. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "auctioneer": auctioneers. (additional references) | |
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"Auctioneer" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: auctione. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "auctioneer" (pronounced Ä'kshuni"r) |
| 6 | -k sh u n i" r | electioneer. |
| 5 | -sh u n i" r | conventioneer. |
| 4 | -u n i" r | bioengineer, domineer, engineer, mutineer, pioneer, reengineer, souvenir, veneer. |
| 3 | -n i" r | near, Rainier, sneer. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-i-n-o-r-t-u" | |
-2 letters: anoretic, anuretic, carotene, ceinture, centiare, courante, creatine, creation, enuretic, erection, increate, iterance, neoteric, neurotic, outrance, reaction, uncreate, unerotic. | |
-3 letters: acetone, aconite, arenite, auction, carotin, caution, centare, centaur, ceratin, certain, coenure, coenuri, cointer, corneae, cornute, coterie, counter, courant, creatin, crenate, cuneate, curtain, enactor, enteric, enticer, erotica, eucaine, eucrite, noticer, ocreate, outearn, outrace, rainout. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-i-n-o-r-t-u" | |
+1 letter: auctioneers, neuroactive, reeducation, reinoculate. | |
+2 letters: counterimage, deuteranopic, inoperculate, precautioned, recuperation, reeducations, reinoculated, reinoculates. | |
+3 letters: counteractive, counterimages, counterraided, countervailed, documentaries, inoperculates, overcautioned, overeducating, overeducation, proteinaceous, recuperations, ultraviolence, uncooperative, untheoretical. | |
+4 letters: conceptualizer, counterclaimed, counterrallied, counterrallies, counterstained, discouragement, immunoreactive, incommensurate, intermolecular, mercaptopurine, nontherapeutic, overeducations, rediscountable, resurrectional, ultraviolences. | |
+5 letters: antiforeclosure, atrociousnesses, conceptualizers, corynebacterium, counterguerilla, counterinstance, counterreaction, customarinesses, discouragements, echinodermatous, enterobacterium, fractiousnesses, mercaptopurines, nonarchitecture, overcommunicate, overspeculating, overspeculation, reconceptualize, recontextualize, semidocumentary, sesquicarbonate, ultraconvenient, uncategorizable. | |
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