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AUCTION HOUSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does auction house mean?
• AUCTION HOUSE (noun)
The noun AUCTION HOUSE has 1 sense:
1. a firm that conducts auctions
Familiarity information: AUCTION HOUSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A firm that conducts auctions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("auction house" is a kind of...):
business firm; firm; house (the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments)
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