auctioneer
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4.2
- noun
- /ˌɔːkʃəˈnɪr/
:
subastador
- But the troubles aboard the ship were of no concern to the auctioneer.
He did a teleprompter read before the show went on where he's talking like an auctioneer.
- He did a teleprompter read before the show went on where he's talking like an auctioneer.
Examples
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The auctioneer may open bidding... on any lot below the reserve by placing a bid on behalf of the seller.
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When the other bidders grumbled their disapproval, the auctioneer explained, "After all, whoever gets the Son, gets everything else!"
Academic text (1997) -
My father was his own auctioneer.
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What, do you work for the auctioneer?
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Colonel Ralph Wade will be our auctioneer.
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"I have a bid for 59K," announced the crisp synthetic voice of the auctioneer.
Fiction book (1994) -
"Sold for 80K," he heard the auctioneer intone, from what sounded like a great distance.
Fiction book (1994) -
700 became 750, 800 became 850 until the auctioneer paused dramatically and said, "Do I hear one million?"
Fiction book (1997) -
"Sold for six hundred and fifty dollars!" bellowed Cork Habeeb, the auctioneer, slamming down his gavel.
Fiction book (2001) -
The auctioneer called out the bids, ensuring that each item sold to the highest bidder.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Auctioneer comes from auction, which in turn comes from the Latin auctio meaning 'increase', because people at an auction raise the price by bidding; the ending -eer means 'person who does a job', so an auctioneer is the person who runs the sale and calls out the bids.