public sale

NOUN

auction

Synonyms

WEAK

Dutch auction auctioneering roup sale by auction venue

Example Sentences

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But a public sale enabling many to participate and demonstrate the “true market value” of these objects is what Irsay would have wanted, she added.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

And issuers and their affiliates will be limited from selling any tokens—either privately or on exchanges—for six months after the public sale on Coinbase.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 10, 2025

The public sale of fireworks needs to be reconsidered.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2023

The public sale will begin Friday at 8 a.m.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 25, 2023

Auction, awk′shun, n. a public sale in which the bidder offers an increase on the price offered by another, and the articles go to him who bids highest.—v.t. to sell by auction.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various