saleroom

[ seyl-room, -room ]

/ ˈseɪlˌrum, -ˌrʊm /

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noun

Chiefly British. salesroom (def. 2).

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Words nearby saleroom

sale of work, sale or return, salep, saleratus, Salerno, saleroom, sales, sales check, salesclerk, sales finance company, sales forecast

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How to use saleroom in a sentence

Some years later, when the elderly collector died, this volume came to the saleroom with the rest of his books.
The Book-Hunter at Home|P. B. M. Allan
Some further instalments occurred at another saleroom a few months later; and perhaps there is yet more to come.
The Book-Collector|William Carew Hazlitt

British Dictionary definitions for saleroom

saleroom

/ (ˈseɪlˌruːm, -ˌrʊm) /

noun

mainly British a room where objects are displayed for sale, esp by auction

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