Auctioneer

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Auctioneer \Auc`tion*eer"\, n.
     A person who sells by auction; a person whose business it is
     to dispose of goods or lands by public sale to the highest or
     best bidder.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Auctioneer \Auc`tion*eer"\, v. t.
     To sell by auction; to auction.
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           Estates . . . advertised and auctioneered away.
                                                    --Cowper.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  auctioneer
       n : an agent who conducts an auction
       v : sell at an auction [syn: {auction}, {auction off}]

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  AUCTIONEER, contracts, commerce. A person authorized by law to sell the
  goods of others at public sale.
       2. He is the agent of both parties, the seller and the buyer. 2 Taunt.
  38, 209 4 Greenl. R. 1; Chit. Contr. 208.
       3. His rights are, 1. to charge a commission for his services; 2. be
  has an interest in the goods sold coupled with the possession; 3. he has a
  lien for his commissions; 4. he may sue the buyer for the purchase-money.
       4. He is liable, 1. to the owner for a faithful discharge of his duties
  in the sale, and if he gives credit without authority, for the value of the
  goods; 2. he is responsible for the duties due to the government; 3. he is
  answerable to the purchaser when he does not disclose the name of the
  principal; 4. be may be sued when he sells the goods of a third person,
  after notice not to sell them. Peake's Rep. 120; 2 Kent, Com. 423, 4; 4
  John. Ch. R. 659; 3 Burr. R. 1921;.2 Taunt. R. 38; 1, Jac. & Walk. R. 350; 3
  V. & B. 57; 13 Ves. R. 472; 1 Y. & J. R. 389; 5 Barn, & Ald. 333; 1 H. Bl.
  81; 7 East, R. 558; 4 B. & Adolph. R. 443; 7 Taunt. 209; 3 Chit. Com. L.
  210; Story on Ag. Sec. 27 2 Liv. Ag. 335 Cowp. 395; 6 T. R. 642; 6 John.
  194; Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t.
  
  

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  AUCTIONEER, n.  The man who proclaims with a hammer that he has picked
  a pocket with his tongue.