as in seller
a person who runs an auction
The auctioneer started the bidding at $100.
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Recent Examples of auctioneer
The card was put up for auction by Henry Aldridge & Son Ltd., an auctioneer in Wiltshire, England, that specializes in Titanic memorabilia.
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Sydney Borchers, Fox News, 18 Nov. 2024
Trump has tapped Billy Long, a former professional auctioneer who represented Missouri's 7th Congressional District from 2011 to 2023, as the next head of the IRS.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
Long is a former auctioneer and has worked as a business and tax adviser since leaving Congress in 2022.
—Sara Dorn, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
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Garage prints take a surreal turn
An auctioneer in London found 10 signed Salvador Dalí lithographs during a routine antiques assessment — after they had been forgotten for 50 years in the owner’s garage.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 12 Dec. 2024
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Sydney Borchers, Fox News, 18 Nov. 2024
Trump has tapped Billy Long, a former professional auctioneer who represented Missouri's 7th Congressional District from 2011 to 2023, as the next head of the IRS.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
Long is a former auctioneer and has worked as a business and tax adviser since leaving Congress in 2022.
—Sara Dorn, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
Related article Huge crime network forging Banksy, Warhol and Picasso uncovered in Italy
Garage prints take a surreal turn
An auctioneer in London found 10 signed Salvador Dalí lithographs during a routine antiques assessment — after they had been forgotten for 50 years in the owner’s garage.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 12 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for auctioneer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for auctioneer
Noun
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The regulations require us to determine fair market value on the basis of the price that a willing buyer and a willing seller would agree to.—
Peter J Reilly,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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One black market customer is a 33-year-old single mother of three children, who had just purchased a dozen pieces from a roadside seller at a markup of 16 cents — paying 47 cents in total.—
Mirna Alrached,
NPR,
14 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Another vendor will be Burn Boot Camp Poway, at 14767 Pomerado Road.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Jan. 2025
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Case in point — an entryway passage with checkerboard walls, which resemble Uma Wang’s signature print, was created by Danilo, a local vendor that was responsible for renovating Prada Rong Zhai.—
Denni Hu,
WWD,
15 Jan. 2025
Noun
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To further secure financial transactions, a third-party merchant handles card processing, while AWS manages physical security under the SOC3 assessment.—
Chris Gallagher,
USA TODAY,
16 Jan. 2025
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During the 1985 Christmas season, a coal merchant in an Irish village makes a troubling discovery.—
The California Independent Booksellers Alliance,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Jan. 2025
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According to Politico, Lighthizer would have been interested in the jobs of Treasury or Commerce Secretary, but those positions had gone to Wall Street insiders: the currency trader Scott Bessent got Treasury, and Commerce went to the major cryptocurrency investor Howard Lutnick.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
The New Yorker,
23 Jan. 2025
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Bitcoin and crypto prices have swung wildly this week as traders brace for U.S. president Donald Trump to drop a bitcoin price bombshell.—
Billy Bambrough,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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