AUCTIONEER Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

auctioneer

noun

Definition of auctioneer

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 sale will include nearly 300 lots and will be handled by auctioneer Millon at the Hotel Drouot auction house on Monday. — Jack Guy, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026 The real star of the evening was not Waititi but Simon de Pury, the longtime and legendary amfAR auctioneer who knows how to work a crowd and the room. — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 7 Sep. 2026 There are few events that bring together such a diverse group of curators, conservators, historians, gemologists, valuators, auctioneers and other specialists whose work centers on royal jewels. — Anthony Demarco, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026 Phillips, Heritage and other auctioneers also had breakout starts to the year. — Robert Frank, CNBC, 24 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for auctioneer

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Noun

Buy from reputable sellers and verify the phone Be especially careful with unusually cheap smartphones advertised as premium models.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Franchises get divided in the buyers or sellers category at this time of year, and people debate if (insert name here) is worth trading a late-round pick for.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of seller

Noun

Start your trick-or-treating as early as noon at local businesses and stick around for family-friendly fun, vendors, entertainment, and of course the parade and costume contest.

— Jennifer Day, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026
The gap between the two lines is the margin the vendor took from you.

— Stephen Messer, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of vendor

Noun

Sometimes word clouds are big-budget supergraphics realized by design firms like Pentagram, but often they are produced cheaply and quickly by non-designers, or by anonymous Etsy merchants, or in-house at printing and signage companies.

— Alec Mapes-Frances, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026
Owners who make their payments, keep clean bank statements and grow deposits can often move from a merchant cash advance to a term loan, then to a line of credit and eventually to bank or SBA financing at a fraction of the cost.

— Elliot Ashkenazie, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of merchant

Noun

Polymarket can, for example, see the number of trades being made, the total value of buys and sells, how much traders are wagering relative to their overall activity, and their total profits and losses.

— Melissa Lee,Paige Tortorelli, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2026
The cost of the drugs there and in the private market limits their use, the philanthropist and former energy trader John Arnold notes.

— Ben Smith, semafor.com, 29 Oct. 2026

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