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auctioneer
(ɔːkʃənɪəʳ)
Word forms: plural auctioneers
countable noun
An auctioneer is a person in charge of an auction.
auctioneer in British English
(ˌɔːkʃəˈnɪə)
noun
1.
a person who conducts an auction by announcing the lots and controlling the bidding
verb
2. (transitive)
to sell by auction
auctioneer in American English
(ˌɔkʃənˈɪr)
noun
1.
a person whose work is selling things at an auction
verb transitive
2.
to sell at an auction
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In other languagesauctioneer
British English: auctioneer NOUN
An auctioneer is a person in charge of an auction.
- American English: auctioneer
- Brazilian Portuguese: leiloeiro
- Chinese: 拍卖师
- European Spanish: subastador
- French: commissaire-priseur
- German: Auktionator
- Italian: banditore
- Japanese: 競売人
- Korean: 경매인
- European Portuguese: leiloeiro
- Latin American Spanish: rematador
Chinese translation of 'auctioneer'
auctioneer
(ɔːkʃəˈnɪəʳ)
n (c)
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拍卖(賣)师(師)
(pāimàishī) (名, míng)
- give over
- give over to
- give pause to
- give performances
- give place
- give place to someone
- give-place-to-someone
- give priority
- giver
- give rise to
- give rise to something
- give satisfaction
- give sb a bell
- give sb a break
- give sb a green light to give someone the green light
- give sb a ring
- give sb a song and dance
- give sb enough rope to hang
- give sb/get the push
- give sb heart
- give sb hell
- give sb notice
- give sb pause for thought
- give sb/sth a wide berth
- give sb/sthing a wide berth