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• auc|tion|eer — «K shuh NIHR», noun, verb. –n. a person who conducts an auction. –v.t. to sell at an auction …   Useful english dictionary

• re|auc|tion — «ree K shuhn», transitive verb. to auction again …   Useful english dictionary

• auc·tion·eer — /ˌɑːkʃəˈniɚ/ noun, pl eers [count] : a person who runs an auction The auctioneer started the bidding at $100 …   Useful english dictionary

• AUC — AUC; auc·tor; auc·to·ri·al; ex·auc·to·rate; auc·tion; auc·tion·eer; ex·auc·to·ra·tion; …   English syllables

• tion — ab·bre·vi·a·tion; ab·di·ca·tion; ab·duc·tion; ab·er·ra·tion; ab·er·ra·tion·al; ab·jec·tion; ab·junc·tion; ab·ju·ra·tion; ab·lac·ta·tion; ab·la·tion; ab·lu·tion; ab·mi·gra·tion; ab·ne·ga·tion; ab·o·li·tion; ab·o·li·tion·ary; ab·o·li·tion·dom;… …   English syllables

• auction — auc·tion …   English syllables

• auction — auc|tion1 [ ɔkʃən ] noun count or uncount * a public occasion when things are sold to the people who offer the most money for them: at auction: They bought the paintings at auction in 1989. up for auction (=being sold at an auction): The house is …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• auction — auc•tion [[t]ˈɔk ʃən[/t]] n. 1) Also called public sale a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder. 2) gam a) auction bridge b) gam the bidding in bridge or other games 3) to sell by auction (often fol. by off) …   From formal English to slang

• auctioneer — auc|tion|eer [ ,ɔkʃə nır ] noun count someone whose job is to sell things at an auction …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• auctioneer — auc·tion·eer …   English syllables