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 standard approach is to have bidders submit all their bids — including package bids — to the auctioneer, who then attempts to piece them together and accept those bids that together maximize auction revenue.
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London School Of Economics, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
People power The soft close uses its open-ended timing to act like a human auctioneer, explains auction expert Peter Cramton of Del Mar.
38 QUESTIONS: What can fix California’s housing mess?
—Jonathan Lansner, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024
For the most part, the sale progressed at a brisk pace, with each work earning a handful of bids before the hammer dropped and the four auctioneers—two in the first half of the sale, which started at 11 am, and two in the second which started at 2 pm—keeping things moving along.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 27 Sep. 2024
As nearly all of the Writing Balls were sold in Europe, Europe's premier technology auctioneer, Team Breker, has sold all of those to have gone to auction, and Breker's record keeping prior to 2002 has been lost.
—New Atlas, 10 Sep. 2024
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London School Of Economics, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
People power The soft close uses its open-ended timing to act like a human auctioneer, explains auction expert Peter Cramton of Del Mar.
38 QUESTIONS: What can fix California’s housing mess?
—Jonathan Lansner, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024
For the most part, the sale progressed at a brisk pace, with each work earning a handful of bids before the hammer dropped and the four auctioneers—two in the first half of the sale, which started at 11 am, and two in the second which started at 2 pm—keeping things moving along.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 27 Sep. 2024
As nearly all of the Writing Balls were sold in Europe, Europe's premier technology auctioneer, Team Breker, has sold all of those to have gone to auction, and Breker's record keeping prior to 2002 has been lost.
—New Atlas, 10 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for auctioneer
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The partnership is designed to help sellers better manage their finances, streamline operations, and ultimately grow their businesses more efficiently.Gene Marks, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
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In his third video, Charalambous said he was legally allowed to drive his Cybertruck in the UK because the Albanian seller had provided him with a green card, an international certificate of insurance issued in Albania.Carlton Reid, WIRED, 15 Dec. 2024
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Airlines must also offer the option of the company coordinating repair or replacement or the passenger working with their preferred vendor directly at the airline's cost.Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
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The free and family-friendly event opens at 4 p.m. and will have a holiday market, live entertainment, and local vendors.Karen Bartunek, The Arizona Republic, 14 Dec. 2024
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Dozens of unique local artisans alongside market merchants, farmers and outdoor vendors.Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 8 Dec. 2024
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Growing numbers of websites are giving their overseas customers the option to pay in their local currency, rather than pay in the merchant’s currency without knowing the total price they will be charged.Daniel Webber, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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The Citi company logo displayed as traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during afternoon trading on March 27, 2024 in New York City.Michael del Castillo, Fortune, 10 Dec. 2024
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Bell is accused of lying to investors about his track record as a trader, about the level of risk associated with the investments, about how he would be paid for managing the money, and about how the investments were performing, the SEC alleges.Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, 10 Dec. 2024
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